How can i solve backward() got an unexpected keyword argument 'retain_variables'?

Question

I write the code following below but I got this error:

TypeError: backward() got an unexpected keyword argument 'retain_variables'

My code is:

def learn(self, batch_state, batch_next_state, batch_reward, batch_action):
    outputs = self.model(batch_state).gather(1, batch_action.unsqueeze(1)).squeeze(1)
    next_outputs = self.model(batch_next_state).detach().max(1)[0]
    target = self.gamma*next_outputs + batch_reward
    td_loss = F.smooth_l1_loss(outputs, target)
    self.optimizer.zero_grad()
    td_loss.backward(retain_variables = True)
    self.optimizer.step()

Answer 1

I was having the same problem. This solution worked for me.

td_loss.backward(retain_graph = True)

It worked.

Answer 2

As a_guest mentions in the comments:

It should be retain_graph=True.