def exportValue(self, vf, value):
        m = StrStrHashMap(value)
        keysAndValues = []
        for i in m.keys():
            keysAndValues.append(i)
            keysAndValues.append(m[i])
def _copy_vars(v_list):
  """Copy variables in v_list."""
  t_list = []
  for v in v_list:
    t_list.append(tf.identity(v))
  return t_list