public:
  // Construct a Variable from a resource-dtype TFE_TensorHandle and an
  // indication of the dtype of the variable's value.
  //
  // Note that creating this resource-dtype handle can fail, so `Create` is a
  // separate static method which returns a status.
  Variable(TFE_TensorHandle* handle, TF_DataType type)
      : handle_(handle), type_(type) {}

  // Helper for constructing a resource handle and wrapping it in a `Variable`