} else {
        // Generalize differing axis lengths to "variable"/"unknown".
        for (int axis_index = 0; axis_index < combined_shape.dims();
             ++axis_index) {
          int64_t axis_length = combined_shape.dim_size(axis_index);
          if (axis_length != component_shape.dim_size(axis_index)) {
            axis_length = -1;
          }
          TF_RETURN_IF_ERROR(