call_state_.emplace(nullptr, false);
  }

  virtual ~ForwardAccumulator() {
    for (auto accumulated : accumulated_gradients_) {
      vspace_.DeleteGradient(accumulated.second);
    }
  }

  // Tell the forward accumulator to watch tensor_id, with a Tensor tangent
  // vector `tangent` of matching shape and dtype. Tangents are the "vector" in
  // "Jacobian-vector product"; `Watch`ing a new Tensor and immediately calling

  Status Append(StringPiece data) override;
  Status Close() override;
  Status Flush() override;
  Status Sync() override;
  Status Name(StringPiece* result) const override;
  Status Tell(int64_t* position) override;

 private:
  std::string filename_;
  std::unique_ptr<TF_WritableFile> file_;
  const TF_WritableFileOps* ops_;  // not owned
  ModularWritableFile(const ModularWritableFile&) = delete;