Fix loading of GloVe vectors, to address Issue #541

spacy/__init__.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ except NameError:
     basestring = str
 
 
-
 set_lang_class(en.English.lang, en.English)
 set_lang_class(de.German.lang, de.German)
 set_lang_class(zh.Chinese.lang, zh.Chinese)
@@ -21,13 +20,19 @@ set_lang_class(zh.Chinese.lang, zh.Chinese)
 
 def load(name, **overrides):
     target_name, target_version = util.split_data_name(name)
-    path = overrides.get('path', util.get_data_path())
+    data_path = overrides.get('path', util.get_data_path())
-    path = util.match_best_version(target_name, target_version, path)
+    if target_name == 'en' and 'add_vectors' not in overrides:
-
+        if 'vectors' in overrides:
-    if isinstance(overrides.get('vectors'), basestring):
+            vec_path = util.match_best_version(overrides['vectors'], None, data_path)
-        vectors_path = util.match_best_version(overrides.get('vectors'), None, path)
+            if vec_path is None: 
-        overrides['vectors'] = lambda nlp: nlp.vocab.load_vectors_from_bin_loc(
+                raise IOError(
-                                                vectors_path / 'vocab' / 'vec.bin')
+                    'Could not load data pack %s from %s' % (overrides['vectors'], data_path))
 
+        else:
+            vec_path = util.match_best_version('en_glove_cc_300_1m_vectors', None, data_path)
+        if vec_path is not None:
+            vec_path = vec_path / 'vocab' / 'vec.bin'
+            overrides['add_vectors'] = lambda vocab: vocab.load_vectors_from_bin_loc(vec_path)
+    path = util.match_best_version(target_name, target_version, data_path)
     cls = get_lang_class(target_name)
     return cls(path=path, **overrides)

spacy/language.py

@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ class BaseDefaults(object):
     
     @classmethod
     def add_vectors(cls, nlp=None):
-        return True
+        if nlp is None or nlp.path is None:
+            return False
+        else:
+            vec_path = nlp.path / 'vocab' / 'vec.bin'
+            return lambda vocab: vocab.load_vectors_from_bin_loc(vec_path)
 
     @classmethod
     def create_tokenizer(cls, nlp=None):
@@ -246,6 +250,11 @@ class Language(object):
         self.vocab     = self.Defaults.create_vocab(self) \
                          if 'vocab' not in overrides \
                          else overrides['vocab']
+        add_vectors    = self.Defaults.add_vectors(self) \
+                         if 'add_vectors' not in overrides \
+                         else overrides['add_vectors']
+        if add_vectors:
+            add_vectors(self.vocab)
         self.tokenizer = self.Defaults.create_tokenizer(self) \
                          if 'tokenizer' not in overrides \
                          else overrides['tokenizer']

spacy/vocab.pyx

@@ -49,9 +49,13 @@ cdef class Vocab:
     '''A map container for a language's LexemeC structs.
     '''
     @classmethod
-    def load(cls, path, lex_attr_getters=None, vectors=True, lemmatizer=True,
+    def load(cls, path, lex_attr_getters=None, lemmatizer=True,
              tag_map=True, serializer_freqs=True, oov_prob=True, **deprecated_kwargs): 
         util.check_renamed_kwargs({'get_lex_attr': 'lex_attr_getters'}, deprecated_kwargs)
+        if 'vectors' in deprecated_kwargs:
+            raise AttributeError(
+                "vectors argument to Vocab.load() deprecated. "
+                "Install vectors after loading.")
         if tag_map is True and (path / 'vocab' / 'tag_map.json').exists():
             with (path / 'vocab' / 'tag_map.json').open() as file_:
                 tag_map = json.load(file_)
@@ -73,15 +77,6 @@ cdef class Vocab:
         with (path / 'vocab' / 'strings.json').open() as file_:
             self.strings.load(file_)
         self.load_lexemes(path / 'vocab' / 'lexemes.bin')
-
-        if vectors is True:
-            vec_path = path / 'vocab' / 'vec.bin'
-            if vec_path.exists():
-                vectors = lambda self_: self_.load_vectors_from_bin_loc(vec_path)
-            else:
-                vectors = lambda self_: 0
-        if vectors:
-            self.vectors_length = vectors(self)
         return self
 
     def __init__(self, lex_attr_getters=None, tag_map=None, lemmatizer=None,
@@ -387,10 +382,11 @@ cdef class Vocab:
                                                         vec_len, len(pieces))
             orth = self.strings[word_str]
             lexeme = <LexemeC*><void*>self.get_by_orth(self.mem, orth)
-            lexeme.vector = <float*>self.mem.alloc(self.vectors_length, sizeof(float))
+            lexeme.vector = <float*>self.mem.alloc(vec_len, sizeof(float))
 
             for i, val_str in enumerate(pieces):
                 lexeme.vector[i] = float(val_str)
+        self.vectors_length = vec_len
         return vec_len
 
     def load_vectors_from_bin_loc(self, loc):
@@ -438,6 +434,7 @@ cdef class Vocab:
                 lex.l2_norm = math.sqrt(lex.l2_norm)
             else:
                 lex.vector = EMPTY_VEC
+        self.vectors_length = vec_len
         return vec_len