def _IgnorePaused(instance_info):
  """Removes information about whether a Xen state is paused from the state.

  As it turns out, an instance can be reported as paused in almost any
  condition. Paused instances can be paused, running instances can be paused for
  scheduling, and any other condition can appear to be paused as a result of
  races or improbable conditions in Xen's status reporting.
  As we do not use Xen's pause commands in any way at the time, we can simply
  ignore the paused field and save ourselves a lot of trouble.

  Should we ever use the pause commands, several samples would be needed before
  we could confirm the domain as paused.

  """
  return instance_info.replace('p', '-')