def __getstate__(self):
cf = '<STR_LIT>'[self.flags.fnc]<EOL>state = (<NUM_LIT:1>,<EOL>self.shape,<EOL>self.dtype,<EOL>self.flags.fnc,<EOL>self._data.tobytes(cf),<EOL>getmaskarray(self).tobytes(cf),<EOL>self._fill_value,<EOL>)<EOL>return state<EOL>
Return the internal state of the masked array, for pickling
        purposes.