[Fix] Fix IterBased Loop Training with Faster Resume #1608
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Motivation
Previous, PR#1471 resolves the issue of IterBased loop resuming at the correct iteration. However, its approach requires processing through data loading and preprocessing, which significantly slows down the resume process. This PR introduces a more efficient solution that minimizes overhead while maintaining correctness. Compared to solutions proposed in PR#1548 and PR#1520, this solution achieves faster resume with fewer code changes.
Modification
This solution leverages itertools.islice to skip iterations in the dataloader without actually triggering the data loading and preprocessing steps, significantly improving the speed of the resume process.
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