def unicode_test(seg_instance, seg_str):
            seg_gen_str = str(seg_instance)

            self.assertEqual(len(seg_gen_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(len(seg_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(seg_gen_str, seg_str)
def serialize(self):
        s = []
        for v in self:
            if isinstance(v, BaseConfig):
                v = v.serialize()
            s.append(v)
        return s