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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 create_store():
 """ A helper for setting the _proxy and slapping the store object for us. :return: A thread-local storage as a dictionary """

    new_storage = _proxy('store')
    _state.store = type('store', (object,), {})
    new_storage.store = dict()
    return new_storage.store