reformulate bce_with_logits to not use abs #2195
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This is a fix for the bug reported here in which
binary_cross_entropy_with_logitsgives the wrong gradient withinputandtargetare0.After some investigation, this is because the gradient of
absat0is0(see here)In this PR I have reformulated the numerically stable
binary_cross_entropy_with_logitsto not useabs(originally I used what tensorflow does, which is use abs).I guess in general we should think about whether we want the grad of
abs(0)to be0?