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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 _eval_variables(self):
 """evaluates callable _variables """

        for k, v in listitems(self._variables):
            self._variables[k] = v() if hasattr(v, '__call__') else v