def is_stable(self, state):
        try:
            return self._states[state]['stable']
        except KeyError:
            raise excp.InvalidState(_("State '%s' does not exist") % state)
convenience function for breaking apart a maya object to the appropriate level for pymel name parsing
dataset/ETHPy150Open openstack/ironic/ironic/common/fsm.py/FSM.is_stable--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open CountZer0/PipelineConstructionSet/python/maya/site-packages/pymel-1.0.5/extras/completion/py/pymel/util/nameparse.py/getBasicPartList