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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 load_from_dict(dct=None, **kwargs):
 """ Load configuration from a dictionary. """

    dct = dct or dict()
    dct.update(kwargs)

    def _load_from_dict(metadata):
        return dict(dct)
    return _load_from_dict