* add numeric type hierarchy and issubdtype as well as a set_dtype method to nn.Module with predicate
numeric type hierarchy and issubtype is compatible to the [numpy hierarchy](220f0ab2c5/numpy/_core/numerictypes.py (L42)).
Closes#285.
* nits in docs
* unify type category checking
* nits in docs
* nits in docs
* more docs nits
* fix callable type
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Co-authored-by: Awni Hannun <awni@apple.com>
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