ctools_export_load_object isn't handling $args for defaults the same way as db_select

db_select condition use the 'IN' operator as default if value is an array, but for ctools defaults the default operator is always '='.

So for example if I try to load an object using

ctools_export_load_object('articles', 'conditions', array('title' => array('hello', 'world')));

all articles in the database will use the condition "title IN ('foo', 'bar')", but articles that are in code will use "title = array('foo', 'bar')".