4636 4637 backward compatible types

[wyli]

Signed-off-by: Wenqi Li wenqil@nvidia.com

Fixes #4636
Fixes #4637
Fixes #4639

Description

• adds track_meta to EnsureType(d)
• adds astype(...) to MetaTensor

Status

Ready

Types of changes

• Non-breaking change (fix or new feature that would not break existing functionality).
• Breaking change (fix or new feature that would cause existing functionality to change).
• New tests added to cover the changes.
• Integration tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh -f -u --net --coverage.
• Quick tests passed locally by running ./runtests.sh --quick --unittests --disttests.
• In-line docstrings updated.
• Documentation updated, tested make html command in the docs/ folder.

[Nic-Ma]

Hi @KumoLiu ,

Could you please help take a look at this PR according to your observation in the tutorials?

Thanks in advance.

[Nic-Ma]

Looks good to me except for 1 minor comment inline.

Thanks.

[wyli]

/build