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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 default_jardiff_options(updates=None):
 """ generate an options object with the appropriate default values in place for API usage of jardiff features. overrides is an optional dictionary which will be used to update fields on the options object. """


    parser = create_optparser()
    options, _args = parser.parse_args(list())

    if updates:
        # pylint: disable=W0212
        options._update_careful(updates)

    return options