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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 merge_kwargs(local_kwarg, default_kwarg):
 """Merges kwarg dictionaries. If a local key in the dictionary is set to None, it will be removed. """


    if default_kwarg is None:
        return local_kwarg

    if isinstance(local_kwarg, basestring):
        return local_kwarg

    if local_kwarg is None:
        return default_kwarg

    # Bypass if not a dictionary (e.g. timeout)
    if not hasattr(default_kwarg, 'items'):
        return local_kwarg

    # Update new values.
    kwargs = default_kwarg.copy()
    kwargs.update(local_kwarg)

    # Remove keys that are set to None.
    for (k,v) in local_kwarg.items():
        if v is None:
            del kwargs[k]

    return kwargs