def parent_frame_arguments():
  """Returns parent frame arguments.

  When called inside a function, returns a dictionary with the caller's function
  arguments. These are positional arguments and keyword arguments (**kwargs),
  while variable arguments (*varargs) are excluded.

  When called at global scope, this will return an empty dictionary, since there
  are no arguments.

  WARNING: If caller function argument names are overloaded before invoking
  this method, then values will reflect the overloaded value. For this reason,
  we recommend calling `parent_frame_arguments` at the beginning of the
  function.
  """
  # All arguments and the names used for *varargs, and **kwargs
  arg_names, variable_arg_name, keyword_arg_name, local_vars = (
      tf_inspect._inspect.getargvalues(  # pylint: disable=protected-access
          # Get the first frame of the caller of this method.
          tf_inspect._inspect.stack()[1][0]))  # pylint: disable=protected-access

  # Remove the *varargs, and flatten the **kwargs. Both are
  # nested lists.
  local_vars.pop(variable_arg_name, {})
  keyword_args = local_vars.pop(keyword_arg_name, {})

  final_args = {}
  # Copy over arguments and their values. In general, local_vars
  # may contain more than just the arguments, since this method
  # can be called anywhere in a function.
  for arg_name in arg_names:
    final_args[arg_name] = local_vars.pop(arg_name)
  final_args.update(keyword_args)

  return final_args
Returns parent frame arguments.

  When called inside a function, returns a dictionary with the caller's function
  arguments. These are positional arguments and keyword arguments (**kwargs),
  while variable arguments (*varargs) are excluded.

  When called at global scope, this will return an empty dictionary, since there
  are no arguments.

  WARNING: If caller function argument names are overloaded before invoking
  this method, then values will reflect the overloaded value. For this reason,
  we recommend calling `parent_frame_arguments` at the beginning of the
  function.