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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions torch/csrc/jit/ir/alias_analysis.h
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Expand Up @@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ namespace jit {
* is considered safe.
*
* There is a special alias set called the "wildcard set", which indicates that
* we're not sure what this value may alias. To be conservative, we consider
* the wildcard alias set as potentially aliasing any value within the same
* type class. Whenever a value becomes contained by another value, such as
* when a Tensor is appended to a List[Tensor], the contained element becomes
* part of the wildcard set.
* we're not sure what this value may alias. To be conservative, we consider the
* wildcard alias set as potentially aliasing any other wildcard value within
* the same type class. Whenever a value becomes contained by another value,
* such as when a Tensor is appended to a List[Tensor], the contained element
* becomes part of the wildcard set.
*
* Values that contain other mutable types, such as List[Tensor], are
* initialized as containing the Wildcard set for all contained mutable types.
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