def get_docs_to_commit(self):
        try:
            spec = {'synced': False}
            fields = {'_id': 0}
            cur = self.db.docs.find(spec, fields)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return list(cur)
def _acc_grads(g_sum, g_w, g):
  """Accumulate gradients in g, weighted by g_w."""
  return [g_sum_i + g_w * g_i for g_sum_i, g_i in zip(g_sum, g)]