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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 read_config(self):
 """ Read config from file """

        try:
            with open(self.config_file, 'r') as f:
                self.config = json.loads(f.read())
                f.close()
        except IOError:
            return False
        return True