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[OPT] Avoid keeping differentiable graph if detach=True #342

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This optimization improves BackPACK's JVPs, HVPs, and GGNVPs whenever detach=True by setting create_graph=False, which will immediately discard the associated compute graph, instead of discarding it when the computation results are detached. This reduces peak memory.

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