// TODO(apassos) consider narrowing down this interface.
  BackwardFunction* backward_function;

  // Should be called before deleting the backward function. TODO(apassos) use
  // unique_ptrs to ensure this happens.
  std::function<void(BackwardFunction*)> backward_function_deleter;
};

// Map from tensor_id to internally-defined operation-id of the operation which

  // Add `devices` into context's device manager. Context's device manager
  // will take ownership and maintain devices' lifetime.
  virtual Status AddDevices(std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Device>> devices) = 0;

  // Block until all pending nodes are finished.
  virtual Status AsyncWait() = 0;

  // Add a function (serialized FunctionDef protocol buffer) so that it can