const TFE_OpAttrs* attributes = TFE_OpGetAttrs(var_op);

  TFE_Op* copy_op = TFE_NewOp(ctx, "VarHandleOp", status);
  TFE_OpSetAttrType(copy_op, "dtype", TF_FLOAT);
  TFE_OpAddAttrs(copy_op, attributes);
  unsigned char is_list = 0;
  ASSERT_EQ(TF_ATTR_TYPE,
            TFE_OpGetAttrType(copy_op, "dtype", &is_list, status));
  CHECK_EQ(TF_OK, TF_GetCode(status)) << TF_Message(status);