diff --git a/attic/StateManager.py b/attic/StateManager.py
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-''' Database of NodeInstances, part of the Core '''
-
-# this will be hard to write until NodeInstances are written, but I'll try
-# anyway
-
-__version__ = "$Id: StateManager.py,v 1.1 2002/07/04 00:21:35 drewp Exp $"
-
-class StateManager:
-    '''StateManager is the second of the core to be built.  It should be 
-       after the network, then the scheduler.
-
-       After StateManager is constructed, you probably want to do load_state().
-       All of the above is taken care of by the Core module.
-       
-       Also, in general, 'name' indicates the name of a node, in NRL
-       (like URL) syntax:
-       node:group/innergroup/node
-
-       or
-
-       node:node
-
-       if node is in the top level group (the root, or universe, or whatever
-        you want to call it
-    '''
-    def __init__(self, network):
-        '''Sets up some dicts, maybe'''
-        # need some storage locations, etc.
-        self.network = network
-    def save_state(self):
-        '''Save state to disk'''
-        pass
-    def load_state(self):
-        '''Load state from disk'''
-        pass
-    def get_input_names(self, name):
-        '''Get the names of the nodes which are inputs to a node'''
-        pass
-    def get_output_names(self, name):
-        '''Get the names of the nodes which are outputs to a node'''
-        pass