fast_tensor_data_loader.py

import torch

class FastTensorDataLoader:
    """
    A DataLoader-like object for a set of tensors that can be much faster than
    TensorDataset + DataLoader because dataloader grabs individual indices of
    the dataset and calls cat (slow).
    Source: https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/dataloader-much-slower-than-manual-batching/27014/6
    """
    def __init__(self, *tensors, batch_size=32, shuffle=False):
        """
        Initialize a FastTensorDataLoader.

        :param *tensors: tensors to store. Must have the same length @ dim 0.
        :param batch_size: batch size to load.
        :param shuffle: if True, shuffle the data *in-place* whenever an
            iterator is created out of this object.

        :returns: A FastTensorDataLoader.
        """
        assert all(t.shape[0] == tensors[0].shape[0] for t in tensors)
        self.tensors = tensors

        self.dataset_len = self.tensors[0].shape[0]
        self.batch_size = batch_size
        self.shuffle = shuffle

        # Calculate # batches
        n_batches, remainder = divmod(self.dataset_len, self.batch_size)
        if remainder > 0:
            n_batches += 1
        self.n_batches = n_batches
    def __iter__(self):
        if self.shuffle:
            r = torch.randperm(self.dataset_len)
            self.tensors = [t[r] for t in self.tensors]
        self.i = 0
        return self

    def __next__(self):
        if self.i >= self.dataset_len:
            raise StopIteration
        batch = tuple(t[self.i:self.i+self.batch_size] for t in self.tensors)
        self.i += self.batch_size
        return batch

    def __len__(self):
        return self.n_batches