From ebbb48dcdcb003ecc393c389e7d2bb1eac2a182b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harmon <Harmon758@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:16:57 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Improve and optimize Model.__getstate__

Resolves #1707
---
 tweepy/models.py | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tweepy/models.py b/tweepy/models.py
index c77000d..245aa7a 100644
--- a/tweepy/models.py
+++ b/tweepy/models.py
@@ -13,12 +13,8 @@ class Model:
         self._api = api
 
     def __getstate__(self):
-        # pickle
-        pickle = dict(self.__dict__)
-        try:
-            del pickle['_api']  # do not pickle the API reference
-        except KeyError:
-            pass
+        pickle = self.__dict__.copy()
+        pickle.pop('_api', None)
         return pickle
 
     @classmethod
-- 
2.25.1