// -------------------------  VariableInfo  ------------------------------------
TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern TF_VariableInfo* TF_CreateVariableInfoFromContext(
    TF_OpKernelContext* ctx, int index, TF_Status* status);

TF_CAPI_EXPORT extern void TF_LockVariableInfos(TF_VariableInfo** vars,
                                                int num_vars,
                                                TF_Status* status);

  // ImmediateExecutionTensorHandles, but comes up for example when computing
  // the shape of a parallel tensor with component shapes differing across
  // devices.
  virtual Status Dim(int dim_index, int64_t* dim) const = 0;

  // Returns the device which created the handle.
  virtual const char* DeviceName(Status* status) const = 0;
  // Returns the device where the tensor was placed.