This rule raises an issue when a `tensorflow.Variable` created inside of a `tensorflow.function` is not a singleton.

== Why is this an issue?

``tensorflow.function``s only supports singleton ``tensorflow.Variable``s. This means the variable will be created on the first call
of the `tensorflow.function` and will be reused across the subsequent calls. Creating a `tensorflow.Variable` that is not a singleton 
will raise a `ValueError`.

[source,python]
----
import tensorflow as tf

@tf.function
def f(x):
  v = tf.Variable(1.0)
  return v
----

In the example above each time the function `f` will be called a new `tensorflow.Variable` will be created.

== How to fix it

To fix this issue use the singleton pattern to avoid the creation of a `tensorflow.Variable` multiple times.

=== Code examples

==== Noncompliant code example

[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant]
----
import tensorflow as tf

class Count(tf.Module):
  def __init__(self):
    self.count = None

  @tf.function
  def __call__(self):
    self.count = tf.Variable(0) # Noncompliant: the variable will be re-created for each call
    return self.count.assign_add(1)

c = Count()
c() # ValueError is raised
c()
----

==== Compliant solution

[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant]
----
import tensorflow as tf

class Count(tf.Module):
  def __init__(self):
    self.count = None

  @tf.function
  def __call__(self):
    if self.count is None:
      self.count = tf.Variable(0) # Compliant: the variable is created only on during the first call
    return self.count.assign_add(1)

c = Count()
c()
c()
----

== Resources
=== Documentation

* TensorFlow Documentation - https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/function#creating_tfvariables[Creating tf.Variables]