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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, host: str = 'localhost', port: int = 11211, **client_args):
 """ Configure a Memcached client. :param host: host name or ip address to connect to :param port: port number to connect to :param client_args: extra keyword arguments passed to :class:`aiomcache.Client` """

        assert check_argument_types()
        client = Client(host, port, **client_args)
        return client