//  [python]
def fasterprune(
        self, sparsity, prunen=0, prunem=0, blocksize=128, percdamp=.01
    ):
        W = self.layer.weight.data.clone()
        if isinstance(self.layer, nn.Conv2d):
            W = W.flatten(1)
        if isinstance(self.layer, transformers.Conv1D):
            W = W.t()
        W = W.float()

        if hasattr(self, 'quantizer'):
            if not self.quantizer.ready():
                self.quantizer.find_params(W, weight=True)

        tick = time.time()

        H = self.H
        del self.H
        dead = torch.diag(H) == 0
        H[dead, dead] = 1
        W[:, dead] = 0

        Losses = torch.zeros(self.rows, device=self.dev)

        damp = percdamp * torch.mean(torch.diag(H))
        diag = torch.arange(self.columns, device=self.dev)
        H[diag, diag] += damp
        H = torch.linalg.cholesky(H)
        H = torch.cholesky_inverse(H)
        H = torch.linalg.cholesky(H, upper=True)
        Hinv = H

        mask = None

        for i1 in range(0, self.columns, blocksize):
            i2 = min(i1 + blocksize, self.columns)
            count = i2 - i1

            W1 = W[:, i1:i2].clone()
            Q1 = torch.zeros_like(W1)
            Err1 = torch.zeros_like(W1)
            Losses1 = torch.zeros_like(W1)
            Hinv1 = Hinv[i1:i2, i1:i2]

            if prunen == 0: 
                if mask is not None:
                    mask1 = mask[:, i1:i2]
                else:
                    tmp = W1 ** 2 / (torch.diag(Hinv1).reshape((1, -1))) ** 2
                    thresh = torch.sort(tmp.flatten())[0][int(tmp.numel() * sparsity)]
                    mask1 = tmp <= thresh
            else:
                mask1 = torch.zeros_like(W1) == 1

            for i in range(count):
                w = W1[:, i]
                d = Hinv1[i, i]

                if prunen != 0 and i % prunem == 0:
                    tmp = W1[:, i:(i + prunem)] ** 2 / (torch.diag(Hinv1)[i:(i + prunem)].reshape((1, -1))) ** 2
                    mask1.scatter_(1, i + torch.topk(tmp, prunen, dim=1, largest=False)[1], True)

                q = w.clone()
                q[mask1[:, i]] = 0

                if hasattr(self, 'quantizer'):
                    q = quantize(
                        q.unsqueeze(1), self.quantizer.scale, self.quantizer.zero, self.quantizer.maxq
                    ).flatten()

                Q1[:, i] = q
                Losses1[:, i] = (w - q) ** 2 / d ** 2

                err1 = (w - q) / d
                W1[:, i:] -= err1.unsqueeze(1).matmul(Hinv1[i, i:].unsqueeze(0))
                Err1[:, i] = err1

            W[:, i1:i2] = Q1
            Losses += torch.sum(Losses1, 1) / 2

            W[:, i2:] -= Err1.matmul(Hinv[i1:i2, i2:])

            if DEBUG:
                self.layer.weight.data[:, :i2] = W[:, :i2]
                self.layer.weight.data[:, i2:] = W[:, i2:]
                print(torch.sum((self.layer(self.inp1) - self.out1) ** 2))
                print(torch.sum(Losses))

        torch.cuda.synchronize()
        print('time %.2f' % (time.time() - tick))
        print('error', torch.sum(Losses).item())

        if isinstance(self.layer, transformers.Conv1D):
            W = W.t()
        self.layer.weight.data = W.reshape(self.layer.weight.shape).to(self.layer.weight.data.dtype)
        if DEBUG:
            print(torch.sum((self.layer(self.inp1) - self.out1) ** 2))