def base_initializer(shape, dtype, ctx, id_range):
    """The function signature for feature initializer.

    Any customized feature initializer should follow this signature (see
    example below).

    Parameters
    ----------
    shape : tuple of int
        The shape of the result features. The first dimension
        is the batch dimension.
    dtype : data type object
        The data type of the returned features.
    ctx : context object
        The device context of the returned features.
    id_range : slice
        The start id and the end id of the features to be initialized.
        The id could be node or edge id depending on the scenario.
        Note that the step is always None.

    Examples
    --------
    If PyTorch is used as backend, the following code defines an feature
    initializer that initializes tensor value to 1

    >>> import torch
    >>> import dgl
    >>> def initializer(shape, dtype, ctx, id_range):
    >>>     return torch.ones(shape, dtype=dtype, device=ctx)
    >>> g = dgl.DGLGraph()
    >>> g.set_n_initializer(initializer)

    See Also
    --------
    dgl.DGLGraph.set_n_initializer
    dgl.DGLGraph.set_e_initializer
    """
    raise NotImplementedError
