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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 loads(s, encoding=None, cls=JSONTreeDecoder, object_hook=None, parse_float=None, parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, object_pairs_hook=None, **kargs):
 """JSON load from string function that defaults the loading class to be JSONTreeDecoder """

    return json.loads(s, encoding, cls, object_hook,
         parse_float, parse_int, parse_constant,
         object_pairs_hook, **kargs)