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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 freeze(self):
 """Causes the ConfigTree to become read only. This is useful for loading and then freezing configurations that should not be modified at runtime. """

        self.__dict__['_frozen'] = True
        for child in self._children.values():
            child.freeze()