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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 start_config_var_entry(self, var_id, encoded_selector):
 """Start a new config variable entry."""


        selector = SlotIdentifier.FromEncoded(encoded_selector)

        err = self.config_database.start_entry(selector, var_id)
        return [err]