code: def apply_flags(
      self, args_to_iterate, input_dtypes, offset, *, backend, on_device
  ):
      ret = []
      with BackendHandler.update_backend(backend) as backend:
          for i, entry in enumerate(args_to_iterate, start=offset):
              x = backend.array(
                  entry, dtype=input_dtypes[i], device=on_device
              )
              if self.as_variable[i]:
                  x = backend.gradients._variable(x)
              if self.native_arrays[i]:
                  x = backend.to_native(x)
              if self.container[i]:
                  x = backend.Container({"a": x, "b": {"c": x, "d": x}})
              ret.append(x)
      return ret
  
imports: import abc
  from hypothesis import strategies
  from .None import globals
  from .pipeline_helper import BackendHandler
  from dataclasses import dataclass
  from hypothesis.strategies import SearchStrategy
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling the MethodTestFlags obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.apply_flags(args_to_iterate, input_dtypes, offset) and returns: ret