string bytes1, bytes2;
  tensorflow::TensorShapeProto proto;

  const int64_t pts1[] = {2, 4, -1, 8};
  tensorflow::PartialTensorShape(pts1).AsProto(&proto);
  proto.SerializeToString(&bytes1);

  const int64_t pts2[] = {1, 3, 5, 7};
  tensorflow::PartialTensorShape(pts2).AsProto(&proto);
  proto.SerializeToString(&bytes2);

  std::unique_ptr<const void*[]> list_ptrs;