}

// Create an empty tensor of type 'dtype'. 'shape' can be arbitrary, but has to
// result in a zero-sized tensor.
static TF_Tensor* EmptyTensor(TF_DataType dtype,
                              const tensorflow::TensorShape& shape) {
  static char empty;
  int64_t nelems = 1;
  std::vector<int64_t> dims;
  dims.reserve(shape.dims());
  for (int i = 0; i < shape.dims(); ++i) {
    dims.push_back(shape.dim_size(i));

(And, as you might like to try the thing yourself, some winter
day, I will tell you how the Dodo managed it.)

  First it marked out a race-course, in a sort of circle, (`the
exact shape doesn't matter,' it said,) and then all the party
were placed along the course, here and there.  There was no `One,
two, three, and away,' but they began running when they liked,