simplify default_rng etc

Author: mcabbott

src/Flux.jl

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module Flux
 
 using Base: tail
 using LinearAlgebra, Statistics, Random  # standard lib
+using Random: default_rng
 using MacroTools, Reexport, ProgressLogging, SpecialFunctions
 using MacroTools: @forward
 

src/deprecations.jl

@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ Base.@deprecate_binding ADADelta AdaDelta
 # Remove sub-module Data, while making sure Flux.Data.DataLoader keeps working
 Base.@deprecate_binding Data Flux false "Sub-module Flux.Data has been removed. The only thing it contained may be accessed as Flux.DataLoader"
 
-@deprecate rng_from_array() default_rng_value()
-
 function istraining()
   Base.depwarn("Flux.istraining() is deprecated, use NNlib.within_gradient(x) instead", :istraining)
   false
@@ -185,17 +183,8 @@ function update!(opt::Optimise.AbstractOptimiser, ::Params, grads::Union{Tuple,
     """)
 end
 
-
-function dropout(rng, x, p; dims=:, active::Bool=true)
-  if active
-    NNlib.dropout(rng, x, p; dims)
-  else
-    Base.depwarn("Flux.dropout(...; active=false) is deprecated. Please branch outside the function, or call dropout(x, 0) if you must.", :dropout)
-    return x
-  end
-end
-dropout(x, p; kwargs...) = dropout(NNlib._rng_from_array(x), x, p; kwargs...)
-
+@deprecate rng_from_array() default_rng_value()
+@deprecate default_rng_value() Random.default_rng()
 
 # v0.14 deprecations
 

src/layers/normalise.jl

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 _isactive(m, x) = isnothing(m.active) ? NNlib.within_gradient(x) : m.active
 
 """
-    Dropout(p; dims=:, rng = default_rng_value())
+    Dropout(p; dims=:, rng = default_rng())
 
 Layer implementing [dropout](https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.0580) with the given probability.
 This is used as a regularisation, i.e. to reduce overfitting.
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ mutable struct Dropout{F<:Real,D,R<:AbstractRNG}
   active::Union{Bool, Nothing}
   rng::R
 end
-Dropout(p::Real, dims, active) = Dropout(p, dims, active, default_rng_value())
+Dropout(p::Real, dims, active) = Dropout(p, dims, active, default_rng())
 
-function Dropout(p::Real; dims=:, rng = default_rng_value())
+function Dropout(p::Real; dims=:, rng = default_rng())
   0 ≤ p ≤ 1 || throw(ArgumentError("Dropout expexts 0 ≤ p ≤ 1, got p = $p"))
   if p isa Integer  # Dropout(0)
     return p==0 ? identity : zero
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function Base.show(io::IO, d::Dropout)
 end
 
 """
-    AlphaDropout(p; rng = default_rng_value())
+    AlphaDropout(p; rng = default_rng())
 
 A dropout layer. Used in
 [Self-Normalizing Neural Networks](https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.02515).
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ mutable struct AlphaDropout{F,R<:AbstractRNG}
     new{typeof(p), typeof(rng)}(p, active, rng)
   end
 end
-AlphaDropout(p, active) = AlphaDropout(p, active, default_rng_value())
-AlphaDropout(p; rng = default_rng_value()) = AlphaDropout(p, nothing, rng)
+AlphaDropout(p, active) = AlphaDropout(p, active, default_rng())
+AlphaDropout(p; rng = default_rng()) = AlphaDropout(p, nothing, rng)
 
 @functor AlphaDropout
 trainable(a::AlphaDropout) = (;)

src/utils.jl

@@ -36,32 +36,12 @@ epseltype(x) = eps(float(eltype(x)))
 """
     rng_from_array([x])
 
-Create an instance of the RNG most appropriate for `x`.
-The current defaults are:
-- `x isa CuArray`: `CUDA.default_rng()`, else:
-- `x isa AbstractArray`, or no `x` provided:
-  - Julia version is < 1.7: `Random.GLOBAL_RNG`
-  - Julia version is >= 1.7: `Random.default_rng()`
-"""
-rng_from_array(::AbstractArray) = default_rng_value()
-rng_from_array(::CuArray) = CUDA.default_rng()
-
-@non_differentiable rng_from_array(::Any)
-
-if VERSION >= v"1.7"
-  default_rng_value() = Random.default_rng()
-else
-  default_rng_value() = Random.GLOBAL_RNG
-end
-
+Create an instance of the RNG most appropriate for array `x`.
+If `x isa CuArray` then this is `CUDA.default_rng()`,
+otherwise `Random.default_rng()`.
 """
-    default_rng_value()
+rng_from_array(x::AbstractArray) = NNlib._rng_from_array(x)
 
-Create an instance of the default RNG depending on Julia's version.
-- Julia version is < 1.7: `Random.GLOBAL_RNG`
-- Julia version is >= 1.7: `Random.default_rng()`
-"""
-default_rng_value
 
 """
     glorot_uniform([rng = default_rng_value()], size...; gain = 1) -> Array