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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 lstring_as_obj(true_or_false=None):
 """Toggles whether lstrings should be treated as strings or as objects. When FieldArrays is first loaded, the default is True. Parameters true_or_false : {None|bool} Pass True to map lstrings to objects; False otherwise. If None provided, just returns the current state. Return ------ current_stat : bool The current state of lstring_as_obj. Examples -------- True FieldArray([(0.0,), (0.0,), (0.0,), (0.0,), (0.0,), (0.0,), (0.0,), (0.0,), (0.0,), (0.0,)], dtype=[('foo', 'O')]) False FieldArray([('0.0',), ('0.0',), ('0.0',), ('0.0',), ('0.0',), ('0.0',), ('0.0',), ('0.0',), ('0.0',), ('0.0',)], dtype=[('foo', 'S50')]) """

    if true_or_false is not None:
        _default_types_status['lstring_as_obj'] = true_or_false
        # update the typeDict
        numpy.typeDict[u'lstring'] = numpy.object_ \
            if _default_types_status['lstring_as_obj'] \
            else 'S%i' % _default_types_status['default_strlen']
    return _default_types_status['lstring_as_obj']