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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 createDocument_(self, initDict = None) :
        "create and returns a completely empty document or one populated with initDict"
        if initDict is None :
            initV = {}
        else :
            initV = initDict

        return self.documentClass(self, initV)