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Revert #528 when upstream issue is fixed

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
julia

Research direction

Check FluxML/Zygote issue #1464 first to confirm that the upstream issue is fixed. Then review JuliaGaussianProcesses/KernelFunctions.jl PR #528 and revert its less-efficient workaround; the work is done when the revert is prepared after the upstream fix.

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Description

https://github.com/JuliaGaussianProcesses/KernelFunctions.jl/pull/528 added a less efficient workaround for a Zygote-specific issue: https://github.com/FluxML/Zygote.jl/issues/1464 The PR can be reverted once the upstream issue is fixed.

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