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If I have a flow, with a task `task_name`, which returns "some_value", and I do:
`state = flow.run()`
How to I get the return of `task_name`? (ie "some_value")

I think it's sth like this:

```&gt;&gt;&gt; state = flow.run()
&gt;&gt;&gt; state._result.value  # a Flow State's Result value is its Tasks' States
{&lt;Task: add&gt;: &lt;Success: "Task run succeeded."&gt;,
 &lt;Task: add&gt;: &lt;Success: "Task run succeeded."&gt;}
&gt;&gt;&gt; state.result  # the public property aliases the same API as above
{&lt;Task: add&gt;: &lt;Success: "Task run succeeded."&gt;,
 &lt;Task: add&gt;: &lt;Success: "Task run succeeded."&gt;}
&gt;&gt;&gt; state.result[task_ref]._result  # a Task State's Result contains the Task's return value```

but if you ask me, this is a bit clunky :smile: I think it's much easier to troubleshoot if you log the info you need while running the flow, or even use a debugger and check the state of any object in between

right, I saw that kind of syntax. I was hoping this wasn't required. I want to just have some asserts in my tests. How could I specifically lookup the `_result` of task `task_name` I guess?

or maybe more clearly: in the above you have:
`state.result[task_ref]` where are you getting `task_ref` from?

state.result is a dict of tasks, I'd like to just be able to look up one, but I'm not sure how to do that.

as I said, I think it's much easier to troubleshoot if you log the info you need while running the flow, or even use a debugger and check the state of any object in between