book_introduction_example_2.py

in_a = tf.placeholder(dtype=tf.float32, shape=(2))
in_b = tf.placeholder(dtype=tf.float32, shape=(2))

def forward(x):
  with tf.variable_scope("matmul", reuse=tf.AUTO_REUSE):
    W = tf.get_variable("W", initializer=tf.ones(shape=(2,2)),
                        regularizer=tf.contrib.layers.l2_regularizer(0.04))
    b = tf.get_variable("b", initializer=tf.zeros(shape=(2)))
    return W * x + b

out_a = forward(in_a)
out_b = forward(in_b)

reg_loss = tf.losses.get_regularization_loss(scope="matmul")

with tf.Session() as sess:
  sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
  outs = sess.run([out_a, out_b, reg_loss], feed_dict={in_a: [1, 0], in_b: [0, 1]})