Fix AttributeError: module ‘tensorflow’ has no attribute ‘AUTO_REUSE’ – TensorFlow Tutorial

When you are running tensorflow application, you may find this attribute error: AttributeError: module ‘tensorflow’ has no attribute ‘AUTO_REUSE’. In this tutorial, we will tell you how to fix this error.

As to code:

def weight():
  with tf.variable_scope("foo", reuse=tf.AUTO_REUSE):
    v = tf.Variable(tf.random_normal(shape=[2,3], mean=0, stddev=1), name='w')
  return v

Run it, you may find result like:

Why this error occur?

The reason is our tensorflow version cannot suppor this attribute, tf.AUTO_REUSE is imported in tensorflow 1.4, our tensorflow is 1.2.1

How to check tensorflow? Read this tutorial.

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How to fix this error?

1.Update your tensorflow version

If you want to update tensorflow to a specific version, you can refer to this tutorial.

Anaconda Install or Update TensorFlow to Specific Version

2.Use true replace tf.AUTO_REUSE

As to use, we edit code to:

def weight():
  with tf.variable_scope("weight", reuse = True):
    v = tf.Variable(tf.random_normal(shape=[2,3], mean=0, stddev=1), name='w')
  return v

Then this error is fixed.