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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def configure(self, debug=None, quiet=None, verbosity=None, compile=None, compiler_factory=None, **kwargs):
 """configure managed args """

        if debug is not None:
            self.arg_debug = debug
        if quiet is not None:
            self.arg_quiet = quiet
        if verbosity is not None:
            self.arg_verbosity = verbosity
        if compile is not None:
            self.compile = compile
        if compiler_factory is not None:
            self.compiler_factory = compiler_factory

        if kwargs:
            # other keyword arguments update command attribute
            self.command.update(**kwargs)