[Dy2stat] Refine return mechanism in @to_static (#28116)

* remove some judgement

* fix len(outputs) == 1

python/paddle/fluid/dygraph/dygraph_to_static/program_translator.py

@@ -606,8 +606,10 @@ class ConcreteProgram(object):
                         error.attach_error_data(e)
                         raise
 
-                if not isinstance(outputs,
+                if outputs is not None:
-                                  (tuple, list)) and outputs is not None:
+                    need_wrap_into_list = not isinstance(outputs, (
+                        tuple, list)) or len(outputs) == 1
+                    if need_wrap_into_list:
                         outputs = [outputs]
 
         main_program = update_op_callstack_with_origin_info(main_program)

python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/dygraph_to_static/test_return.py

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import unittest
 import numpy as np
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
 import paddle.fluid.core as core
-from paddle.fluid.dygraph import declarative
+from paddle.jit import to_static
-from paddle.fluid.dygraph import ProgramTranslator
+from paddle.jit import ProgramTranslator
 
 from ifelse_simple_func import dyfunc_with_if_else
 
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ SEED = 2020
 np.random.seed(SEED)
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_return_base(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
     return x
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_inside_func_base(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def test_inside_func_base(x):
     return inner_func(x)
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_return_if(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
     if x < 0:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def test_return_if(x):
     return x
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_return_if_else(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
     if x > 0:
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def test_return_if_else(x):
         x -= 8888  # useless statement to test our code can handle it.
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_return_in_while(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
     i = fluid.layers.fill_constant(shape=[1], dtype='int32', value=0)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def test_return_in_while(x):
     return x
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_return_in_for(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
     for i in range(10):
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ def test_return_in_for(x):
     return x - 1
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_recursive_return(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
     return dyfunc_with_if_else(x)
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_return_different_length_if_body(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
     y = x + 1
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def test_return_different_length_if_body(x):
         return x
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_return_different_length_else(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
     y = x + 1
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ def test_return_different_length_else(x):
         return x
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_no_return(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
     y = x + 1
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_return_none(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
     y = x + 1
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def test_return_none(x):
         return x, y
 
 
-@declarative
+@to_static
 def test_return_no_variable(x):
     x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
     y = x + 1
@@ -147,6 +147,38 @@ def test_return_no_variable(x):
         return
 
 
+@to_static
+def test_return_list_one_value(x):
+    x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
+    x += 1
+    return [x]
+
+
+@to_static
+def test_return_list_many_values(x):
+    x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
+    x += 1
+    y = x * 2
+    z = x * x
+    return [x, y, z]
+
+
+@to_static
+def test_return_tuple_one_value(x):
+    x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
+    x += 1
+    return (x, )
+
+
+@to_static
+def test_return_tuple_many_values(x):
+    x = fluid.dygraph.to_variable(x)
+    x += 1
+    y = x * 2
+    z = x * x
+    return (x, y, z)
+
+
 class TestReturnBase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.input = np.ones((1)).astype('int32')
@@ -158,29 +190,19 @@ class TestReturnBase(unittest.TestCase):
     def init_dygraph_func(self):
         self.dygraph_func = test_return_base
 
-    def run_dygraph_mode(self):
+    def _run(self, to_static=False):
-        self.program_translator.enable(False)
+        self.program_translator.enable(to_static)
         with fluid.dygraph.guard():
             res = self.dygraph_func(self.input)
-            if isinstance(res, (tuple)):
+            if isinstance(res, (tuple, list)):
-                return tuple(r.numpy() for r in res)
-            elif isinstance(res, core.VarBase):
-                return res.numpy()
-            return res
-
-    def run_static_mode(self):
-        self.program_translator.enable(True)
-        with fluid.dygraph.guard():
-            res = self.dygraph_func(self.input)
-            if isinstance(res, tuple):
                 return tuple(r.numpy() for r in res)
             elif isinstance(res, core.VarBase):
                 return res.numpy()
             return res
 
     def test_transformed_static_result(self):
-        dygraph_res = self.run_dygraph_mode()
+        dygraph_res = self._run(to_static=False)
-        static_res = self.run_static_mode()
+        static_res = self._run(to_static=True)
         if isinstance(dygraph_res, tuple):
             self.assertTrue(isinstance(static_res, tuple))
             self.assertEqual(len(dygraph_res), len(static_res))
@@ -255,5 +277,25 @@ class TestReturnNoVariable(TestReturnBase):
         self.dygraph_func = test_return_no_variable
 
 
+class TestReturnListOneValue(TestReturnBase):
+    def init_dygraph_func(self):
+        self.dygraph_func = test_return_list_one_value
+
+
+class TestReturnListManyValue(TestReturnBase):
+    def init_dygraph_func(self):
+        self.dygraph_func = test_return_list_many_values
+
+
+class TestReturnTupleOneValue(TestReturnBase):
+    def init_dygraph_func(self):
+        self.dygraph_func = test_return_tuple_one_value
+
+
+class TestReturnTupleManyValue(TestReturnBase):
+    def init_dygraph_func(self):
+        self.dygraph_func = test_return_tuple_many_values
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()