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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 args(self, args):
        '''Set additional arguments to be passed to the fitness function

        Args:
            args (dict): additional arguments
        '''
        self._args = args
        self._logger.log('debug', 'Args set to {}'.format(args))