code: def writeSettings(self, file_obj, index=False):  # pragma: no cover
          
          super().writeSettings(file_obj, index)
  
          if index:
              pickle.dump(self.blocked_records, file_obj)
docs: Write a settings file containing the
          data model and predicates to a file object
  
          Keyword arguments:
          file_obj -- file object to write settings data into