@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class PassThroughEncoder(Encoder):
     self.verbosity = verbosity
     self.description = [(name, 0)]
     self.name = name
+    self.encoders = None
     self.forced = forced
 
   ############################################################################
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import random

import numpy
from nupic.data.fieldmeta import FieldMetaType
from nupic.encoders.base import Encoder



############################################################################
class PassThroughEncoder(Encoder):
  """Pass an encoded SDR straight to the model.

  Each encoding is an SDR in which w out of n bits are turned on.
  The input should be a 1-D array or numpy.ndarray of length n
  """

  ############################################################################
  def __init__(self, n, w=None, name="pass_through", forced=False, verbosity=0):
    """
    n -- is the total #bits in output
    w -- is used to normalize the sparsity of the output, exactly w bits ON,
         if None (default) - do not alter the input, just pass it further.
    forced -- if forced, encode will accept any data, and just return it back.
    """
    self.n = n
    self.w = w
    self.verbosity = verbosity
    self.description = [(name, 0)]
    self.name = name
    self.forced = forced

  ############################################################################
  def getDecoderOutputFieldTypes(self):
    """ [Encoder class virtual method override]
    """
    return (FieldMetaType.string,)

  ############################################################################
  def getWidth(self):
    return self.n

  ############################################################################
  def getDescription(self):
    return self.description

  ############################################################################
  def getScalars(self, input):
    """ See method description in base.py """
    return numpy.array([0])

  ############################################################################
  def getBucketIndices(self, input):
    """ See method description in base.py """
    return [0]

  ############################################################################
  def encodeIntoArray(self, input, output):
    """See method description in base.py"""
    if len(input) != len(output):
      raise ValueError("Different input (%i) and output (%i) sizes." % (
          len(input), len(output)))

    if self.w is not None and sum(input) != self.w:
      raise ValueError("Input has %i bits but w was set to %i." % (
          sum(input), self.w))

    output[:] = input[:]

    if self.verbosity >= 2:
      print "input:", input, "index:", index, "output:", output
      print "decoded:", self.decodedToStr(self.decode(output))


  ############################################################################
  def decode(self, encoded, parentFieldName=""):
    """See the function description in base.py"""

    if parentFieldName != "":
      fieldName = "%s.%s" % (parentFieldName, self.name)
    else:
      fieldName = self.name
    # TODO: these methods should be properly implemented
    return ({fieldName: ([[0, 0]], "input")}, [fieldName])


  ############################################################################
  def getBucketInfo(self, buckets):
    """See the function description in base.py"""
    return [EncoderResult(value=0, scalar=0,
                         encoding=numpy.zeros(self.n))]

  ############################################################################
  def topDownCompute(self, encoded):
    """See the function description in base.py"""
    return EncoderResult(value=0, scalar=0,
                         encoding=numpy.zeros(self.n))

  ############################################################################
  def closenessScores(self, expValues, actValues, **kwargs):
    """Does a bitwise compare of the two bitmaps and returns a fractonal
    value between 0 and 1 of how similar they are.
    1 => identical
    0 => no overlaping bits

    kwargs will have the keyword "fractional", which is assumed by this encoder
    """
    ratio = 1.0
    esum = int(expValues.sum())
    asum = int(actValues.sum())
    if asum > esum:
      diff = asum - esum
      if diff < esum:
        ratio = 1 - diff/float(esum)
      else:
        ratio = 1/float(diff)

    olap = expValues & actValues
    osum = int(olap.sum())
    if esum == 0:
      r = 0.0
    else:
      r = osum/float(esum)
    r = r * ratio

    return numpy.array([r])

Why was this added? Doesn't look like it is used anywhere.