Pytorch method 'detach' already has a docstring

Problem Description

Hello, whenever the pytorch/torch package is imported and I try to import again (say when I just run the whole script or another script that uses import torch) I get the error output: “method ‘detach’ already has a docstring”. I’m not the only one experiencing this issue (see https://discuss.pytorch.org/t/method-detach-already-has-a-docstring/74676/12) and it seems to be a Spyder specific issue.

What steps reproduce the problem?

1. Import torch in Spyder
2. rerun import torch (rerun a script)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

The script runs normally the first time, but upon rerunning, it errors on import.

Paste Traceback/Error Below (if applicable)

  File "/home/alex/Documents/QML_Research/Variational_Learning_Implementations/Python_Autoregressive/Test_E_loc", line 9, in <module>
    import torch

  File "/home/alex/anaconda3/envs/Pytorch/lib/python3.6/site-packages/torch/__init__.py", line 188, in <module>
    from .tensor import Tensor

  File "/home/alex/anaconda3/envs/Pytorch/lib/python3.6/site-packages/torch/tensor.py", line 41, in <module>
    class Tensor(torch._C._TensorBase):

  File "/home/alex/anaconda3/envs/Pytorch/lib/python3.6/site-packages/torch/tensor.py", line 282, in Tensor
    """)

RuntimeError: method 'detach' already has a docstring

Versions

• Spyder version: 3.2.8
• Python version: 3.6
• Qt version: 5.9.6
• PyQt version: 5.9.2
• Operating System name/version: Ubuntu, 18.04

Dependencies

Thanks for the help and hard work, Spyder is a great IDE

[ghost]

Yes, You are right. Installing the newest version of Spyder worked for me.

[HapaxHypatia]

I have a fresh install of the latest version of Spyder (4.2.4) but still get this error. In my case, torch is being called by another library (allosaurus). It will run with no problems the first time, but I have to restart the kernel before it will work again

`Traceback (most recent call last):

File “C:\projects\allosaurus test.py”, line 8, in <module> from allosaurus.app import read_recognizer

File “C:\Program Files\Spyder\pkgs\allosaurus\app.py”, line 1, in <module> from allosaurus.am.utils import *

File “C:\Program Files\Spyder\pkgs\allosaurus\am\utils.py”, line 1, in <module> import torch

File “C:\Program Files\Spyder\pkgs\torch_init_.py”, line 447, in <module> from .tensor import Tensor

File “C:\Program Files\Spyder\pkgs\torch\tensor.py”, line 13, in <module> from torch.overrides import (

File “C:\Program Files\Spyder\pkgs\torch\overrides.py”, line 1229, in <module> “”"

RuntimeError: function ‘_has_torch_function’ already has a docstring`