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Custom Data Loader for Deep Learning
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Custom Data Loader for Deep Learning

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Problem

DataArt's machine learning delivery pipelines need a lightweight custom data loader for in-memory training records. Implement a function that creates mini-batches, optionally shuffles records reproducibly, and optionally removes the final incomplete batch.

Formal Specification

Given a list records, return a list of batches. Each batch is a list containing at most batch_size records. When shuffle is True, use a local pseudo-random generator initialized with seed, so the same inputs always produce the same ordering. Do not mutate records or its contained records. When drop_last is True, omit any batch with fewer than batch_size records.

The function signature is:

def create_batches(records, batch_size, shuffle, seed, drop_last):

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(records) <= 10^5
  • 1 <= batch_size <= 10^4
  • Records may be any Python values, including dictionaries or tuples
  • seed is an integer
  • The input list and contained records must not be modified

Function Signature

def create_batches(records, batch_size, shuffle, seed, drop_last):
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