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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 process_submitters(self):
 """Group submissions by author."""

        for submission in self.submissions.values():
            if submission.author and (self.distinguished or
                                      submission.distinguished is None):
                self.submitters[submission.author].append(submission)