Change name matching to SSA Variable and Function matching

HalideIR

@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9070ac3697931ef5aeb8c373c23b2e8a2fec4627
+Subproject commit 84a568ce86ca64ff4e186b78745152061499cbf4

python/tvm/__init__.py

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ from ._ctypes._api import register_node
 from . import expr
 from . import stmt
 from . import make
-from . import domain
+from . import collections

python/tvm/collections.py

@@ -14,3 +14,10 @@ class Array(NodeBase):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return '[' + (','.join(str(x) for x in self)) + ']'
+
+
+@register_node
+class Range(NodeBase):
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return ('Range(min='+ str(self.min) +
+                ', extent=' + str(self.extent) + ')')

python/tvm/function.py

@@ -41,4 +41,27 @@ def convert(value):
     else:
         return value
 
+
+def Range(begin, **kwargs):
+    """Create a TVM Range object.
+
+    User can either call:
+    Range(10) to get a range in [0, 10)
+
+    or
+    Range(begin=1, extent=10), to get a range in [0, 11)
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    begin : Expr
+        The beginning of the expression.
+
+    extent : optional, Expr
+        The extent(i.e. the length) of the range.
+    """
+    if "extent" in kwargs:
+        return _function_internal._Range(begin, kwargs["extent"])
+    else:
+        return _function_internal._Range(0, begin);
+
 _init_function_module("tvm")

src/c_api/c_api_function.cc

@@ -82,4 +82,11 @@ TVM_REGISTER_API(_ArraySize)
         static_cast<const ArrayNode*>(sptr.get())->data.size());
   });
 
+TVM_REGISTER_API(_Range)
+.set_body([](const ArgStack& args,  RetValue *ret) {
+    *ret = Range(args.at(0), args.at(1));
+  })
+.add_argument("min", "Expr", "beginning of the range.")
+.add_argument("extent", "Expr", "extent of the range");
+
 }  // namespace tvm