=</span> <span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">:</span>
            <span class="k">raise</span> <span class="n">ConfigurationError</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;For layer Combination, the ranks of each inputs should be consistent!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>

        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="s2">&quot;difference&quot;</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">operations</span><span class="p">:</