# simple" is MUCH more important than "don't repeat yourself."

# -e: abort script if one command fails
# -u: error if undefined variable used
# -x: log all commands
# -o pipefail: entire command fails if pipe fails. watch out for yes | ...
# -o history: record shell history
# -o allexport: export all functions and variables to be available to subscripts

  // `is_async` operations finish. In addition to allowing the caller to cancel
  // the operation, its `StartCancel` method will be called if op execution
  // fails on any device in order to cancel the others.
  void StartExecute(TFE_Context* context, const char* operation_name,
                    std::vector<TFE_TensorHandle*> inputs,