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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 kvstore(self):
 """Lazily load the underlying key-value store backing this registry."""


        if self._kvstore is None:
            self._kvstore = self.BackingType(self.BackingFileName, respect_venv=True)

        return self._kvstore