def __getstate__(self, network=False, *a, **k):
ret = ObservableSlotsSavable.__getstate__(self, *a, **k)
if ret['format'] is not None:
ret['format'] = dict(ret['format'])
exceptions = ret['exceptions']
if network:
ret.pop('edit_toggle', None)
if not exceptions: #could be a tuple
return ret
exceptions = dict(exceptions) #do not want to change our own state
for ex, exobj in exceptions.items():
exceptions[ex] = exobj.__getstate__(network=network)
ret['exceptions'] = exceptions
return ret
