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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 _parse_service_env_vars(self, env_vars):
 """Return a dict based on `key=value` pair strings. """

        env = {}
        for var in env_vars:
            # Yeah yeah.. it's less performant.. splitting twice.. who cares.
            k, v = var.split('=')
            env.update({k: v})
        return env