//  outputs - array of TF_Outputs that specify the outputs of the function.
//            If `noutputs` is zero (the function returns no outputs), `outputs`
//            can be null. `outputs` can contain the same tensor more than once.
//  output_names - The names of the function's outputs. `output_names` array
//                 must either have the same length as `outputs`
//                 (i.e. `noutputs`) or be null. In the former case,

      const std::function<void(BackwardFunction*)>& backward_function_deleter);

  void DeleteTrace(int64_t tensor_id);

  // Consumes the internal state of the tape (so cannot be called more than
  // once) and produces the gradient of the target tensors with respect to the
  // source tensors. The output gradients are used if not empty and not
  // null. The result is populated with one tensor per target element.

// is for performance optimization by reusing an exiting unused op rather than
// creating a new op every time. If `raw_device_name` is `NULL` or empty, it
// does not set the device name. If it's not `NULL`, then it attempts to parse
// and set the device name. It's effectively `TFE_OpSetDevice`, but it is faster
// than separately calling it because if the existing op has the same