def add_summary()

in python/mxboard/writer.py [0:0]


    def add_summary(self, summary, global_step=None):
        """Adds a `Summary` protocol buffer to the event file.
        This method wraps the provided summary in an `Event` protocol buffer and adds it
        to the event file.

        Parameters
        ----------
          summary : A `Summary` protocol buffer
              Optionally serialized as a string.
          global_step: Number
              Optional global step value to record with the summary.
        """
        if isinstance(summary, bytes):
            summ = summary_pb2.Summary()
            summ.ParseFromString(summary)
            summary = summ

        # We strip metadata from values with tags that we have seen before in order
        # to save space - we just store the metadata on the first value with a
        # specific tag.
        for value in summary.value:
            if not value.metadata:
                continue

            if value.tag in self._seen_summary_tags:
                # This tag has been encountered before. Strip the metadata.
                value.ClearField("metadata")
                continue

            # We encounter a value with a tag we have not encountered previously. And
            # it has metadata. Remember to strip metadata from future values with this
            # tag string.
            self._seen_summary_tags.add(value.tag)

        event = event_pb2.Event(summary=summary)
        self._add_event(event, global_step)