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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 configure_client( cls, address: Union[str, Tuple[str, int], Path] = 'localhost', port: int = 6379, db: int = 0, password: str = None, ssl: Union[bool, str, SSLContext] = False, **client_args) -> Dict[str, Any]: """ Configure a Redis client. :param address: IP address, host name or path to a UNIX socket :param port: port number to connect to (ignored for UNIX sockets) :param db: database number to connect to :param password: password used if the server requires authentication :param ssl: one of the following: * ``False`` to disable SSL * ``True`` to enable SSL using the default context * an :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` instance * a ``module:varname`` reference to an :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` instance * name of an :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` resource :param client_args: extra keyword arguments passed to :func:`~aioredis.create_redis_pool` """

        assert check_argument_types()
        if isinstance(address, str) and not address.startswith('/'):
            address = (address, port)
        elif isinstance(address, Path):
            address = str(address)

        client_args.update({
            'address': address,
            'db': db,
            'password': password,
            'ssl': resolve_reference(ssl)
        })
        return client_args