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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 current state of the Kalman filter"""


        kf = self._kf

        # force all attributes to be computed. this is only necessary
        # if the class uses properties that compute data only when
        # accessed
        for prop in self.properties:
            self._DL[prop[0]].append(getattr(kf, prop[0]))

        v = copy.deepcopy(kf.__dict__)

        if self._skip_private:
            for key in list(v.keys()):
                if key.startswith('_'):
                    print('deleting', key)
                    del v[key]

        if self._skip_callable:
            for key in list(v.keys()):
                if callable(v[key]):
                    del v[key]

        for ig in self._ignore:
            if ig in v:
                del v[ig]

        for key in list(v.keys()):
            self._DL[key].append(v[key])

        self.__dict__.update(self._DL)
        self._len += 1