optimizer.step()、zero_grad()执行原有

optimizer**.**zero_grad() # 上次梯度清0
loss**.**backward() # 求这次梯度
optimizer**.**step() # 更新参数

从SGD的实现代码可以看出，梯度的获取是从grad属性中获取，step()方法就是从grad获取梯度更新参数。

疑问：backward方法应该会覆盖上次的grad，为什么需要optimizer实行zero_grad 来清零梯度？

class SGD(Optimizer): 
    def __init__(self, params, lr=required, momentum=0, dampening=0,
                 weight_decay=0, nesterov=False):
        if lr is not required and lr < 0.0:
            raise ValueError("Invalid learning rate: {}".format(lr))
        if momentum < 0.0:
            raise ValueError("Invalid momentum value: {}".format(momentum))
        if weight_decay < 0.0:
            raise ValueError("Invalid weight_decay value: {}".format(weight_decay))
        defaults = dict(lr=lr, momentum=momentum, dampening=dampening,
                        weight_decay=weight_decay, nesterov=nesterov)
        if nesterov and (momentum <= 0 or dampening != 0):
            raise ValueError("Nesterov momentum requires a momentum and zero dampening")
        super(SGD, self).__init__(params, defaults)
    def __setstate__(self, state):
        super(SGD, self).__setstate__(state)
        for group in self.param_groups:
            group.setdefault('nesterov', False)
    def step(self, closure=None):
        """Performs a single optimization step.
        Arguments:
            closure (callable, optional): A closure that reevaluates the model
                and returns the loss.
        """
        loss = None
        if closure is not None:
            loss = closure()
        for group in self.param_groups:
            weight_decay = group['weight_decay']
            momentum = group['momentum']
            dampening = group['dampening']
            nesterov = group['nesterov']
            for p in group['params']:
                if p.grad is None:
                    continue
                d_p = p.grad.data
                if weight_decay != 0:
                    d_p.add_(weight_decay, p.data)
                if momentum != 0:
                    param_state = self.state[p]
                    if 'momentum_buffer' not in param_state:
                        buf = param_state['momentum_buffer'] = torch.clone(d_p).detach()
                    else:
                        buf = param_state['momentum_buffer']
                        buf.mul_(momentum).add_(1 - dampening, d_p)
                    if nesterov:
                        d_p = d_p.add(momentum, buf)
                    else:
                        d_p = buf
                p.data.add_(-group['lr'], d_p)
        return loss