// -1 and `dims` can be null. If a dimension is unknown, the
// corresponding entry in the `dims` array must be -1.
//
// This does not overwrite the existing shape associated with `output`,
// but merges the input shape with the existing shape.  For example,
// setting a shape of [-1, 2] with an existing shape [2, -1] would set
// a final shape of [2, 2] based on shape merging semantics.
//