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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 state(self, state=vanilla.message.NoState):
 """ Returns a `State`_ `Pair`_. *state* if supplied sets the intial state. """

        return vanilla.message.State(self, state=state)