From a62d6dd4256ff0d05e5eaf3fc0a3f37642b2448f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "INSTITUT2B\\meyer" <marcel.meyer1@rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 10:24:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Temporary fix for using the same pulse several times

---
 qctoolkit/serialization.py | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qctoolkit/serialization.py b/qctoolkit/serialization.py
index 57dda619a..2ac2460db 100644
--- a/qctoolkit/serialization.py
+++ b/qctoolkit/serialization.py
@@ -471,6 +471,10 @@ def deserialize(self, representation: Union[str, Dict[str, Any]]) -> Serializabl
         See also:
             Serializable.deserialize
         """
+        if isinstance(representation, str):
+            if representation in self.__subpulses:
+                return self.__subpulses[representation].serializable
+        
         if isinstance(representation, str):
             repr_ = json.loads(self.__storage_backend.get(representation))
             repr_['identifier'] = representation
@@ -480,9 +484,16 @@ def deserialize(self, representation: Union[str, Dict[str, Any]]) -> Serializabl
         module_name, class_name = repr_['type'].rsplit('.', 1)
         module = __import__(module_name, fromlist=[class_name])
         class_ = getattr(module, class_name)
-
+        
+        repr_to_store = repr_.copy()
         repr_.pop('type')
-        return class_.deserialize(self, **repr_)
+        
+        serializable = class_.deserialize(self, **repr_)
+        
+        if 'identifier' in repr_:
+            identifier = repr_['identifier']
+            self.__subpulses[identifier] = self.__FileEntry(repr_, serializable)
+        return serializable
 
 
 class ExtendedJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):