Chapter 30

runtime/backward

github.com/openfluke/welvet/runtime/backward✅

Why it exists

Training needs a reverse tape over the same ops forward used — no separate graph framework.

What it is

Backward[T](fwdResult, gradOut) walks the tape and returns per-op weight grads.

Go example

examples/30-backward/main.go

Run:cd welvet/examples/30-backward && source ../env.sh && go run .

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/openfluke/welvet/architecture"
	"github.com/openfluke/welvet/core"
	"github.com/openfluke/welvet/layers/dense"
	"github.com/openfluke/welvet/runtime/backward"
	"github.com/openfluke/welvet/runtime/forward"
)

func main() {
	g := architecture.NewGrid(1, 1, 1, 1)
	l, _ := dense.New(4, 4, core.ActivationLinear, core.DTypeFloat32)
	_ = dense.Place(g, 0, 0, 0, 0, l)
	fwd, _ := forward.Forward(g, core.NewTensor[float32](1, 4))
	bwd, err := backward.Backward(fwd, core.NewTensor[float32](1, 4))
	fmt.Println(bwd != nil, err)
}

Output

exit 0 · last run via go run .

true <nil>