From fc57f874bf3ec779404999ab4dc50ee1c4f61122 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Swarup Ghosh <swarupg2@illinois.edu>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 16:21:23 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Remove torch._six from utils.py

torch._six is no longer available in recent PyTorch versions
---
 taming/data/utils.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/taming/data/utils.py b/taming/data/utils.py
index 2b3c3d53..6601c1be 100644
--- a/taming/data/utils.py
+++ b/taming/data/utils.py
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 import numpy as np
 import torch
 from taming.data.helper_types import Annotation
-from torch._six import string_classes
 from torch.utils.data._utils.collate import np_str_obj_array_pattern, default_collate_err_msg_format
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
+# alternative to deprecated torch._six.string_classes
+string_classes = (str,)
 
 def unpack(path):
     if path.endswith("tar.gz"):