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+#NB deprecated because it isn't the recommended way of storing models anymore
+"""
+	loadbestweights(path::String)
+
+Returns the weights of the neural network saved as 'best_network.bson' in the given `path`.
+"""
+loadbestweights(path::String) = loadweights(joinpath(path, "best_network.bson"))
+loadweights(path::String) = load(path, @__MODULE__)[:weights]