Why use asymmetric padding in downsample?

[tian-2024]

I don't understand why use it.

class Downsample(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, in_channels, with_conv):
        super().__init__()
        self.with_conv = with_conv
        if self.with_conv:
            # no asymmetric padding in torch conv, must do it ourselves
            self.conv = torch.nn.Conv2d(
                in_channels, in_channels, kernel_size=3, stride=2, padding=0
            )

    def forward(self, x):
        if self.with_conv:
            pad = (0, 1, 0, 1)
            x = torch.nn.functional.pad(x, pad, mode="constant", value=0)
            x = self.conv(x)
        else:
            x = torch.nn.functional.avg_pool2d(x, kernel_size=2, stride=2)
        return x