Create a convenience constructor for Value

[justinchuby]

A convenience constructor for Value that supports an easier way of supplying arguments.

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR adds a convenience constructor function for creating Value objects with a more user-friendly interface. The constructor allows users to specify values through multiple parameter combinations and includes validation logic.

Key changes:

• New value() convenience constructor function with flexible parameter handling
• Updated import to include the new value function in the public API
• Type annotation improvement for the existing tensor() function

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
src/onnx_ir/_convenience/_constructors.py	Adds new value() function and fixes type annotation for tensor()
src/onnx_ir/init.py	Exports the new value function in the public API

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[titaiwangms]

I thought ir.Value was easy enough? OR it's for consistency?

[justinchuby]

The main thing was it required that the shapes to be an ir Shape object, and the type to the an ir TypeProtocol (not dtype), which may not be very straightforward for simple usages. This convenience function allows a sequence as shape (np like), as well as dtype to specify value type. Le lun. 8 sept. 2025 à 09:14, Ti-Tai Wang ***@***.***> a écrit :

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***@***.**** approved this pull request. I thought ir.Value was easy enough? OR it's for consistency? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#179 (review)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACVPTOAZRFPLNTLLKOYPE7D3RWTNJAVCNFSM6AAAAACFZSU43GVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43YUDVNRWFEZLROVSXG5CSMV3GSZLXHMZTCOJXGIZDQMRXHE> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[justinchuby]

1. Call it ir.val to disambiguate from Value?
2. Deprecated Input