Alternative SGD implementation

sgd_alt.py

# Reference: http://pytorch.org/docs/master/_modules/torch/optim/sgd.html#SGD

class SGD(Optimizer):

    def __init__(self, params, lr=required, momentum=0, dampening=0,
                 weight_decay=0, nesterov=False):
        # ...

    def __setstate__(self, state):
        # ...

    def step(self, closure=None):
        # ...
        for group in self.param_groups:
            weight_decay = group['weight_decay']
            momentum = group['momentum']
            dampening = group['dampening']
            nesterov = group['nesterov']

            for p in group['params']:
                if p.grad is None:
                    continue
                d_p = p.grad.data
                if weight_decay != 0:
                    d_p.add_(weight_decay, p.data)
                # Apply learning rate  
                d_p.mul_(group['lr'])
                if momentum != 0:
                    param_state = self.state[p]
                    if 'momentum_buffer' not in param_state:
                        buf = param_state['momentum_buffer'] = torch.zeros_like(p.data)
                        buf.mul_(momentum).add_(d_p)
                    else:
                        buf = param_state['momentum_buffer']
                        buf.mul_(momentum).add_(1 - dampening, d_p)
                    if nesterov:
                        d_p = d_p.add(momentum, buf)
                    else:
                        d_p = buf

                p.data.add_(-1, d_p)

return loss