// adding inputs and finally executing (immediately or lazily as in tracing)
  // it in this context.
  virtual AbstractOperation* CreateOperation() = 0;

  // Registers a function with this context, after this the function is
  // available to be called/referenced by its name in this context.
  virtual Status RegisterFunction(AbstractFunction*) = 0;
  // Remove a function. 'func' argument is the name of a previously added