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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 get_cache_base(suffix=None):
 """ Return the default base location for distlib caches. If the directory does not exist, it is created. Use the suffix provided for the base directory, and default to '.distlib' if it isn't provided. On Windows, if LOCALAPPDATA is defined in the environment, then it is assumed to be a directory, and will be the parent directory of the result. On POSIX, and on Windows if LOCALAPPDATA is not defined, the user's home directory - using os.expanduser('~') - will be the parent directory of the result. The result is just the directory '.distlib' in the parent directory as determined above, or with the name specified with ``suffix``. """

    if suffix is None:
        suffix = '.distlib'
    if os.name == 'nt' and 'LOCALAPPDATA' in os.environ:
        result = os.path.expandvars('$localappdata')
    else:
        # Assume posix, or old Windows
        result = os.path.expanduser('~')
    # we use 'isdir' instead of 'exists', because we want to
    # fail if there's a file with that name
    if os.path.isdir(result):
        usable = os.access(result, os.W_OK)
        if not usable:
            logger.warning('Directory exists but is not writable: %s', result)
    else:
        try:
            os.makedirs(result)
            usable = True
        except OSError:
            logger.warning('Unable to create %s', result, exc_info=True)
            usable = False
    if not usable:
        result = tempfile.mkdtemp()
        logger.warning('Default location unusable, using %s', result)
    return os.path.join(result, suffix)