What good is torch.deserialize(torch.serialize(opt))

[JWG]

What does this line of code accomplish:

local opt_clone = torch.deserialize(torch.serialize(opt))

It is from line 84 of

https://github.com/jcjohnson/torch-rnn/blob/master/train.lua

[Daniel Galvez]

It makes a copy of opt rather than a pointer that aliases the same instance that opt is pointing to.

Note that there are probably better ways to do that than this way.

[JWG]

On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 1:05:45 PM UTC-4, Daniel Galvez wrote:

It makes a copy of opt rather than a pointer that aliases the same instance that opt is pointing to.

 

Good, that's what I suspected. 

Note that there are probably better ways to do that than this way.

 

Good, that's what I suspected.

Thanks

jwg