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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 _input_templates(self):
 """Read the path template file. """

        foo = self._config.read([self._pathfile])
        if len(foo) == 1:
            for k, v in self._config.items('paths'):
                self.templates[k] = v
        else:
            raise ValueError("Could not read {0}!".format(self._pathfile))
        return