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* fix str device issue

* fixup

* adapt from suggestions

* forward contrib credits from suggestions

* better fix

* added backward compatibility for older PT versions

* final fixes

* oops

* Attempting something with less branching.

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Co-authored-by: amyeroberts <amyeroberts@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Nicolas Patry <patry.nicolas@protonmail.com>