PyTorch Developer Podcast

TensorAccessor

Episode Summary

What's TensorAccessor? Why not just use a raw pointer? What's PackedTensorAccessor? What are some future directions for mixing statically typed and typed erase code inside PyTorch proper?

Episode Notes

What's TensorAccessor? Why not just use a raw pointer? What's PackedTensorAccessor? What are some future directions for mixing statically typed and typed erase code inside PyTorch proper?

Further reading.

• TensorAccessor source code, short and sweet https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/aten/src/ATen/core/TensorAccessor.h
• Legacy THCDeviceTensor https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/blob/master/aten/src/THC/THCDeviceTensor.cuh