[PD] Saving abstraction states?

[Vreahli the Audio Bandit]

Heya again - more questions. I'm trying to find a way to save presets or 
states for a patch in an abstraction within a patch. If I create an 
array with [table] it gets dumped out. I've read a bit about memento, 
however I have bad luck with abstractions so I'd rather try to do it by 
hand. :) How exactly does the [state] object work? Any ideas? I'm less 
concerned with making multiple presets since I could just hardcode those 
in to an array, and more concerned with say [synth1 instance1] keeping 
it's own settings since the last time I tweaked it. :) I also thought 
about using a separate file for each instance (name it synth1 
$0-settings) but that kinda feels a bit like an inelegant hack to me. 
Thanks in advance for any advice or insight!