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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 get_alias_table():
 """ Get the current alias table. """

    try:
        alias_table = get_config_parser()
        alias_table.read(azext_alias.alias.GLOBAL_ALIAS_PATH)
        return alias_table
    except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
        return get_config_parser()