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      it.second = strings::StrCat(
          "Operation '", op.node.DebugString(), "' was changed by ",
          mutation_type,
          " after it was run by a session. This mutation will have no effect, "
          "and will trigger an error in the future. Either don't modify "
          "nodes after running them or create a new session.");
    }
  }
}

namespace {

Add an upper bound for `protobuf` in `setup.py` since `protobuf` after version 3.20 is currently incompatible with TensorFlow. See https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/53234, https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/9954 and https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/56077.

# Release 2.8.2

# Prevent regressions on those two incompatible changes
# TODO: remove those flags when they are flipped in the default Bazel version TF uses.
build --incompatible_enforce_config_setting_visibility
# TODO: also enable this flag after fixing the visibility violations
# build --incompatible_config_setting_private_default_visibility

# Default options should come above this line.

    n_ask_attempts: (Integer) Number of times to query for valid input before
      raising an error and quitting.

  Returns:
    [String] The value of var_name after querying for input.

  Raises:
    UserInputError: if a query has been attempted n_ask_attempts times without
      success, assume that the user has made a scripting error, and will