[BugFix,Feature] filter_empty in apply #2287

Job	Run time
build-wheel-linux (3.8, cp38-cp38, --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu, "['cpu...	1m 5s
build-wheel-mac (3.8, 3.8)	1m 4s
build-wheel-windows (3.8, 3.8)	3m 16s
build-wheel-linux (3.9, cp39-cp39, --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu, "['cpu...	1m 4s
build-wheel-mac (3.9, 3.9)	52s
build-wheel-windows (3.9, 3.9)	3m 9s
build-wheel-linux (3.10, cp310-cp310, --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu, "['...	1m 5s
build-wheel-mac (3.10, 3.10.3)	1m 20s
build-wheel-windows (3.10, 3.10.3)	3m 21s
build-wheel-linux (3.11, cp311-cp311, --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu, "['...	1m 11s
build-wheel-mac (3.11, 3.11)	53s
build-wheel-windows (3.11, 3.11)	3m 17s
test-wheel (linux, ubuntu-20.04, 3.8)	55s
test-wheel (linux, ubuntu-20.04, 3.9)	49s
test-wheel (linux, ubuntu-20.04, 3.10)	59s
test-wheel (linux, ubuntu-20.04, 3.11)	51s
test-wheel (mac, macos-latest, 3.8)	1m 11s
test-wheel (mac, macos-latest, 3.9)	1m 34s
test-wheel (mac, macos-latest, 3.10)	1m 41s
test-wheel (mac, macos-latest, 3.11)	1m 48s
test-wheel-windows (3.8)	3m 5s
test-wheel-windows (3.9)	3m 34s
test-wheel-windows (3.10)	2m 53s
test-wheel-windows (3.11)	3m 6s
	44m 3s

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