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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 normalize_flags(self, flags):
 """normalize the flags to make sure needed values are there after this method is called self.flags is available :param flags: the flags that will be normalized """

        flags['type'] = flags.get('type', None)
        paction = flags.get('action', 'store')
        if paction == 'store_false':
            flags['default'] = True 
            flags['type'] = bool

        elif paction == 'store_true':
            flags['default'] = False
            flags['type'] = bool

        prequired = False if 'default' in flags else flags.get('required', True)

        flags["action"] = paction
        flags["required"] = prequired
        self.flags = flags