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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 _product(k, v):
 """ Perform the product between two objects even if they don't support iteration """

    if not _can_iterate(k):
        k = [k]
    if not _can_iterate(v):
        v = [v]
    return list(product(k, v))