def test_roundtrip_state(): s = u'12345678' sio1 = StringIO(s) sio1.foo = 42 sio1.seek(2) assert sio1.getvalue() == s state = sio1.__getstate__() sio2 = StringIO() sio2.__setstate__(state) assert sio2.getvalue() == s assert sio2.foo == 42 assert sio2.tell() == 2