Welcome to the future of coding assistance with the Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B-Instruct! This advanced language model is tailored specifically for code generation, reasoning, and fixing, offering you an unprecedented level of support in your programming tasks. In this article, we will guide you step-by-step on how to get started with Qwen2.5-Coder and address some potential troubleshooting ideas.

Introduction

The Qwen2.5-Coder series represents the next evolution of the previously known CodeQwen language models. With releases of models having 1.5, 7, and 32 billion parameters, it significantly enhances code generation, reasoning, and fixing capabilities, scaling training tokens to an impressive 5.5 trillion. This model is designed to handle real-world applications, such as Code Agents, and supports long-context processing of up to 128K tokens.

Getting Started: Quickstart Guide

To begin using the Qwen2.5-Coder model, you’ll first want to set up your environment with the necessary library. Assuming you have Python installed, you can follow these simple steps:

• Ensure you have the latest version of the Hugging Face Transformers library installed.
• Use the following code snippet to load the model and tokenizer:

from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer

model_name = "QwenQwen2.5-Coder-1.5B-Instruct"
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_name, torch_dtype='auto', device_map='auto')
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)

prompt = "write a quick sort algorithm"
messages = [
    {"role": "system", "content": "You are Qwen, created by Alibaba Cloud. You are a helpful assistant."},
    {"role": "user", "content": prompt}
]

text = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(messages, tokenize=False, add_generation_prompt=True)
model_inputs = tokenizer([text], return_tensors='pt').to(model.device)
generated_ids = model.generate(**model_inputs, max_new_tokens=512)
generated_ids = [output_ids[len(input_ids):] for input_ids, output_ids in zip(model_inputs.input_ids, generated_ids)]
response = tokenizer.batch_decode(generated_ids, skip_special_tokens=True)[0]

This code snippet essentially sets up a conversation-style interaction with the Qwen2.5 model. Think of it as a chef following a recipe; the above code is your recipe for creating an instance of the Qwen model that can understand and assist with programming tasks.

Processing Long Texts

Qwen2.5-Coder is also equipped to handle extensive inputs that exceed 32,768 tokens. To do so, you need to employ a technique called YaRN to improve performance. You can adjust the settings in the config.json file to enable this feature. Here’s how:

{
  ...
  "rope_scaling": {
    "factor": 4.0,
    "original_max_position_embeddings": 32768,
    "type": "yarn"
  }
}

When using vLLM for deployment, please note that it currently only supports static YaRN, which might impact performance on shorter texts. Hence, apply the rope scaling configuration only when necessary.

Troubleshooting Common Issues

• If you encounter a KeyError: qwen2, this may indicate that you’re using an older version of the Transformers library. Ensure that you have transformers 4.37.0 or later installed.
• If the model fails to generate responses or runs slowly, it may be due to GPU memory limitations. Check the requirements outlined in the documentation.

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Conclusion

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