from tensorflow.python.ops import array_ops

    The created variable.
  """
  # Make sure local variables are added to tf.GraphKeys.LOCAL_VARIABLES
  collections = list(collections or [])
  collections += [ops.GraphKeys.LOCAL_VARIABLES]
  return variables.Variable(
      initial_value=array_ops.zeros(shape, dtype=dtype),
      name=name,
      trainable=False,
      collections=collections,
      validate_shape=validate_shape)

