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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 as_dict(self, use_preliminary=False):
 """Create a copy of the config in form of a dict :param bool use_preliminary: Whether to include the preliminary config :return: A dict with the copy of the config :rtype: dict """

        config = dict()
        for key in self.config.keys:
            if use_preliminary and key in self.preliminary_config:
                value = self.preliminary_config[key]
            else:
                value = self.config.get_config_value(key)
            config[key] = value
        return config