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What is a custom autograd Function in PyTorch?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Custom autograd Function allows defining forward and backward computation manually.
Deep explanation
By subclassing torch.autograd.Function, you explicitly define forward pass and gradient computation, enabling custom operations not covered by built-in ops.
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