// make the pointers invalid.
    all_input_tensors.reserve(num_inputs);
    for (int i = 0; i < num_inputs; ++i) {
      if (input_tensors[i] == nullptr) continue;
      all_input_tensors.emplace_back();
      Tensor& input_tensor = all_input_tensors.back();
      status->status = TF_TensorToTensor(input_tensors[i], &input_tensor);
      if (!status->status.ok()) return;
      input_tensors_vector[i] = &input_tensor;
    }
  }

// does various checks while doing so. `input_nodes` will contain the same
// information as input_tensors just in a different structure to make
// following processing easier. TODO(iga): Simplify this nested structure.
Status ProcessInputs(
    const TF_Graph* fn_body, const char* fn_name, int ninputs,
    const TF_Output* inputs, std::vector<OutputTensor>* input_tensors,
    std::unordered_map<const Node*, std::vector<int>>* input_nodes)

      }
    }
    TF_ShapeAndTypeList* output_shapes;
    TFE_InferShapes(op, input_shapes,
                    input_tensors.empty()
                        ? nullptr
                        : const_cast<TF_Tensor**>(input_tensors.data()),
                    /*input_tensors_as_shapes*/ nullptr,
                    /*input_resource_shapes_and_types*/ nullptr, &output_shapes,

  });
  std::vector<Gradient*> in_grads;
  in_grads.reserve(input_tensors.size());
  for (int target_index = 0; target_index < input_tensors.size();
       ++target_index) {
    const auto current_grad =
        accumulated_gradients_.find(input_tensors[target_index].GetID());
    if (current_grad == accumulated_gradients_.end()) {
      if (IsDtypeTrainable(input_tensors[target_index].GetDType())) {

//     OK to not have the inputs properly set in `op`. See `input_tensors`
//     if you want shape inference to consider the input tensors of the
//     op for shape inference.
//   - The types need not be set in `input_shapes` as it is not used.
//   - The number of `input_tensors` should be the same as the number of items
//     in `input_shapes`.
//