global _TF_WORKSPACE_ROOT
  global _TF_BAZELRC
  global _TF_CURRENT_BAZEL_VERSION

  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
  parser.add_argument(
      '--workspace',
      type=str,
      default=os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
      help='The absolute path to your active Bazel workspace.')
  args = parser.parse_args()

  _TF_WORKSPACE_ROOT = args.workspace

// become available after a shared object with a filesystem implementation is
// loaded, we can only check for availability after all arguments have been
// parsed.
//
// Furthermore, as `INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P` needs to be at global level and we
// don't want to have a `std::vector<std::string>` at global level, we use a

//
// Conventions:
// * We use the prefix TF_ for everything in the API.
// * Objects are always passed around as pointers to opaque structs
//   and these structs are allocated/deallocated via the API.
// * TF_Status holds error information.  It is an object type
//   and therefore is passed around as a pointer to an opaque
//   struct as mentioned above.
// * Every call that has a TF_Status* argument clears it on success