tf.ReaderBase.read()

tf.ReaderBase.read(queue, name=None)

Returns the next record (key, value pair) produced by a reader.

Will dequeue a work unit from queue if necessary (e.g. when the Reader needs to start reading from a new file since it has finished with the previous file).

Args:

• queue: A Queue or a mutable string Tensor representing a handle to a Queue, with string work items.
• name: A name for the operation (optional).

Returns:

A tuple of Tensors (key, value).

• key: A string scalar Tensor.
• value: A string scalar Tensor.