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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 dup(self, other=None, **kwds):
        '''Duplicate attributes of dict or other typedef.
        '''
        if other is None:
            d = _dict_typedef.kwds()
        else:
            d =  other.kwds()
        d.update(kwds)
        self.reset(**d)