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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 kvlclient(self):
        '''Return a thread local ``kvlayer`` client.'''
        if self._kvlclient is None:
            self._kvlclient = kvlayer.client()
        return self._kvlclient