NoDuplicatesDataLoader Compatability with Asymmetric models

sentence_transformers/datasets/NoDuplicatesDataLoader.py

@@ -36,13 +36,17 @@ def __iter__(self):
 
                 valid_example = True
                 for text in example.texts:
+                    if not isinstance(text, str):
+                        text = str(text)
                     if text.strip().lower() in texts_in_batch:
                         valid_example = False
                         break
 
                 if valid_example:
                     batch.append(example)
                     for text in example.texts:
+                        if not isinstance(text, str):
+                            text = str(text)
                         texts_in_batch.add(text.strip().lower())
 
                 self.data_pointer += 1

sentence_transformers/sampler.py

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[list[int]]:
             batch_indices = []
             for index in remaining_indices:
                 sample_values = {
-                    value
+                    str(value)
                     for key, value in self.dataset[index].items()
                     if not key.endswith("_prompt_length") and key != "dataset_name"
                 }