Implements from_numpy using ATen tensors. Variable.from_numpy is a
convenient placeholder for the variant that returns Variables until we
merge Tensor and Variable.
The behavior is slightly changed:
- from_numpy() on an empty array now returns an empty tensor instead of
throwing an exception. The shape may not be preserved.
- CharTensor(ndarray) used to throw an exception. It now copies the
ndarray. Copying is implemented via ATen toType.
Implements basic and advanced indexing using ATen tensors/variables.
Basic indexing is translated at the Python-binding level
(python_variable_indexing.cpp) to slice/squeeze/unsqueeze/select calls.
Advanced indexing is implemented in ATen in terms of take() and put()
calls.
The core autograd Variable, Function, and Engine no longer depend on the
Python API. This let's us implement functions in C++. In the future, we
can also multithread engine and release the GIL for most of the
non-Python backwards.
