From 1ce9d34e7416598efee9ca02355ce1a2aae17316 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Shoumikhin <anthony@shoumikh.in>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:38:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Allow none and string input types for Method

---
 runtime/executor/method.cpp | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runtime/executor/method.cpp b/runtime/executor/method.cpp
index e8f3c471b8f..528a68d608d 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/method.cpp
+++ b/runtime/executor/method.cpp
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ Method::set_input(const EValue& input_evalue, size_t input_idx) {
 
   const auto& e = get_value(get_input_index(input_idx));
 
-  if (!e.isTensor() && !e.isScalar()) {
+  if (!(e.isNone() || e.isTensor() || e.isScalar() || e.isString())) {
 #if ET_LOG_ENABLED
     std::array<char, kTagNameBufferSize> tag_name;
     tag_to_string(e.tag, tag_name.data(), tag_name.size());
@@ -1088,7 +1088,9 @@ Method::set_input(const EValue& input_evalue, size_t input_idx) {
     return Error::InvalidArgument;
   }
 
-  if (e.isTensor()) {
+ if (e.isNone()) {
+    // no-op
+ } if (e.isTensor()) {
     const auto& t_dst = e.toTensor();
     const auto& t_src = input_evalue.toTensor();
 

From a2730db436685cf4c39a2e86f5d57b4238937c5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Shoumikhin <anthony@shoumikh.in>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:13:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update method.cpp

---
 runtime/executor/method.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/runtime/executor/method.cpp b/runtime/executor/method.cpp
index 528a68d608d..ede20834a30 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/method.cpp
+++ b/runtime/executor/method.cpp
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ Method::set_input(const EValue& input_evalue, size_t input_idx) {
 
  if (e.isNone()) {
     // no-op
- } if (e.isTensor()) {
+ } else if (e.isTensor()) {
     const auto& t_dst = e.toTensor();
     const auto& t_src = input_evalue.toTensor();
 

From aff65115c988cb246847375e51bc071fd0887b75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Shoumikhin <anthony@shoumikh.in>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:33:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update method.cpp

---
 runtime/executor/method.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runtime/executor/method.cpp b/runtime/executor/method.cpp
index ede20834a30..65a47594c8d 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/method.cpp
+++ b/runtime/executor/method.cpp
@@ -1088,9 +1088,9 @@ Method::set_input(const EValue& input_evalue, size_t input_idx) {
     return Error::InvalidArgument;
   }
 
- if (e.isNone()) {
+  if (e.isNone()) {
     // no-op
- } else if (e.isTensor()) {
+  } else if (e.isTensor()) {
     const auto& t_dst = e.toTensor();
     const auto& t_src = input_evalue.toTensor();