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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 asDict(self):
 """ Return the Lib as a ``dict``. This is a backwards compatibility method. """

        d = {}
        for k, v in self.items():
            d[k] = v
        return d