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 | """Methods for serializing objects.""" | 
 |  | 
 | def dict_to_associative_list(dict_value): | 
 |     """Serializes a dict to an associative list.""" | 
 |     return ",".join(["%s=%s" % (k, dict_value[k]) for k in dict_value]) |