facebookresearch/fairseq

can we skip flashlight when using fairseqlm LM for decoding for wave2vec?

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#3,219 opened on Feb 7, 2021

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Description

🚀 Feature Request

When using fairseqlm LM, flashlight LM looks like just a wrapper. Can we remove the dependency to flashlight when fairseqlm is being used? It's so much a nightmare to build flashlight python binding.

Motivation

It's so much a nightmare to build flashlight python binding.

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Research direction
Investigate the fairseqlm integration to determine if flashlight can be made optional. Identify the code paths that require flashlight and propose a refactoring to allow fairseqlm LM to be used without flashlight. Consider using conditional imports or a plugin architecture.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
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Feature
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
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Pythonfairseq
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40