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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def save(self):
 """Save the state to the JSON file in the config dir."""

        logger.debug("Save the GUI state to `%s`.", self.path)
        _save_json(self.path, {k: v for k, v in self.items()
                               if k not in ('config_dir', 'name')})