code: def return_identity(x):
      """
      The identity function. Can be wrapped in 'partial'
      to act as a getter function.
      Used to avoid lambda functions that cannot be pickled.
      """
      return x
  
imports: from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Sequence, Sized, Union
  import numpy
  from torch.utils.data import DistributedSampler, Dataset
  from torch.utils.data.dataloader import DataLoader
  from avalanche.benchmarks.utils.data import AvalancheDataset
  from avalanche.benchmarks.utils.data_attribute import DataAttribute
  from avalanche.benchmarks.utils.ffcv_support.ffcv_components import HybridFfcvLoader, has_ffcv_support
  from avalanche.distributed.distributed_helper import DistributedHelper
  from torch.utils.data.sampler import Sampler, BatchSampler
  from torch.utils.data import ConcatDataset
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: return_identity(x) and returns: x