TF_Status* s);

// Creates a new TF_AbstractFunction from the current tracing states in the
// context. The provided `ctx` is consumed by this API call and deleted.
// The returned TF_AbstractFunction must be deleted by the client,
// TODO(aminim): clarify the contract on the state of the context after this
// call.
TF_AbstractFunction* TF_FinalizeFunction(TF_ExecutionContext* ctx,

//
// If dirname and all its descendants were successfully deleted, TF_OK is
// returned and both error counters are set to zero.
//
// Otherwise, while traversing the tree, undeleted_file_count and
// undeleted_dir_count are updated if an entry of the corresponding type could
// not be deleted. The returned error status represents the reason that any one
// of these entries could not be deleted.
//
// Typical status codes:

// Represents a computation graph.  Graphs may be shared between sessions.
// Graphs are thread-safe when used as directed below.
typedef struct TF_Graph TF_Graph;

// Return a new graph object.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern TF_Graph* TF_NewGraph(void);

// Destroy an options object. Graph will be deleted once no more
// TFSession's are referencing it.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern void TF_DeleteGraph(TF_Graph*);

  // session has been run (this is detected in RecordMutation function). If the
  // string is empty, no mutation has occurred. Otherwise the string is a
  // description of the mutation suitable for returning to the user.
  //
  // Sessions are added to this map in TF_NewSession, and removed in
  // TF_DeleteSession.
  // TF_Graph may only / must be deleted when
  //   sessions.size() == 0 && delete_requested == true
  //

//
// This is intended to be used when a peer failure is detected.
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern void TFE_AbortCollectiveOps(TFE_Context* ctx,
                                                  TF_Status* status);

// Checks the health of collective ops peers. Explicit health check is needed in
// multi worker collective ops to detect failures in the cluster.  If a peer is
// down, collective ops may hang.

// things like the available devices, resource manager etc.
// TFE_Context must outlive all tensor handles created using it. In other
// words, TFE_DeleteContext() must be called after all tensor handles have
// been deleted (with TFE_DeleteTensorHandle).
//
// TODO(ashankar): Merge with TF_Session?
typedef struct TFE_Context TFE_Context;

TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern TFE_Context* TFE_NewContext(

                                 TF_Status* status);

  /// Creates an object to write to a file with the specified `path`.
  ///
  /// If the file already exists, it is deleted and recreated. The `file` object
  /// must only be accessed by one thread at a time.
  ///
  /// Plugins:
  ///   * Must set `status` to `TF_OK` if `file` was updated.

};

// If `persistent_tape` is true, op_tape is not changed and none of the
// backwards functions are deleted.
// If `persistent_tape` is false, op_tape is cleared and backwards functions
// not needed for gradient computation are deleted. Backwards functions that
// are needed, are copied and returned in BackpropInitialState.
template <typename BackwardFunction, typename TapeTensor>