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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 setup(cfg):
 """ set up the global configuration from an object """


    # copy the necessary configuration values over
    this_module = sys.modules[__name__]
    for name, value in cfg.items():
        if hasattr(this_module, name):
            setattr(this_module, name, value)