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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 merge_dict(base, additional):
 """ Combine two dictionary-like objects. Notes ----- Code from https://github.com/pypa/warehouse Copyright 2013 Donald Stufft Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. """

    if base is None:
        return additional

    if additional is None:
        return base

    if not (
        isinstance(base, collections.Mapping)
        and isinstance(additional, collections.Mapping)
    ):
        return additional

    merged = base
    for key, value in additional.items():
        if isinstance(value, collections.Mapping):
            merged[key] = merge_dict(merged.get(key), value)
        else:
            merged[key] = value

    return merged