parameters: (self)
return_statement: return state
docstring: Return the internal state of the masked array.
  
          This is for pickling.
docstring_summary: Return the internal state of the masked array.
docstring_tokens: Return the internal state of the masked array .
function: def __getstate__(self):
          """Return the internal state of the masked array.
  
          This is for pickling.
  
          """
          state = (1,
                   self.shape,
                   self.dtype,
                   self.flags.fnc,
                   self._data.tobytes(),
                   self._mask.tobytes(),
                   self._fill_value,
                   )
          return state
function_tokens: def __getstate__ ( self ) : state = ( 1 , self . shape , self . dtype , self . flags . fnc , self . _data . tobytes ( ) , self . _mask . tobytes ( ) , self . _fill_value , ) return state