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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 load_from_dict(self, conf_dict=None):
 """ Load the configuration from a dictionary. Args: conf_dict (dict):
 Dictionary with the configuration. """

        self.set_to_default()
        self._update_dict(self._config, conf_dict)
        self._update_python_paths()