// Some TF ops need a step container to be set to limit the lifetime of some
// resources (mostly TensorArray and Stack, used in while loop gradients in
// graph mode). Calling this on a context tells it to start a step.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern void TFE_ContextStartStep(TFE_Context* ctx);

// Ends a step. When there is no active step (that is, every started step has

//   of stdbool.h is avoided and unsigned char is used instead.
// * size_t is used to represent byte sizes of objects that are
//   materialized in the address space of the calling process.
// * int is used as an index into arrays.
// * Deletion functions are safe to call on nullptr.
//
// Questions left to address:
// * Might at some point need a way for callers to provide their own Env.