From 2bff09c6ffe630d072589a4061f393b47edfadde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Deeptendu Santra <55111154+Dsantra92@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 23:02:13 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add __reduce__ method to IvyGlobalProps (#28234)

Co-authored-by: ivy-branch <ivy.branch@lets-unify.ai>
---
 ivy/__init__.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ivy/__init__.py b/ivy/__init__.py
index 5e0cfbfd48cc6..a3ec566d6609e 100644
--- a/ivy/__init__.py
+++ b/ivy/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import sys
 import inspect
+import importlib
 import os
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 
@@ -1540,6 +1541,14 @@ def __setattr__(self, name, value, internal=False):
             )
         self.__dict__[name] = value
 
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        def _get_module_and_replace_name(module_name: str):
+            module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
+            module.__class__ = self.__class__
+            return module
+
+        return (_get_module_and_replace_name, (self.__name__,))
+
 
 if (
     "ivy" in sys.modules