    def __init__(self) -> None:
        """
        Calls super().__setattr__('a', a) instead of the typical self.a = a
        to avoid Module.__setattr__ overhead. Module's __setattr__ has special
        handling for parameters, submodules, and buffers but simply calls into
        super().__setattr__ for all other attributes.
        """
        super().__setattr__("_parameters", OrderedDict())
        super().__setattr__("_buffers", OrderedDict())
        super().__setattr__("_modules", OrderedDict())
Calls super().__setattr__('a', a) instead of the typical self.a = a
to avoid Module.__setattr__ overhead. Module's __setattr__ has special
handling for parameters, submodules, and buffers but simply calls into
super().__setattr__ for all other attributes.
python/aitemplate/frontend/nn/module.py