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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 _copy_default(cls, default):
        ''' Return a copy of the default, or a new value if the default
        is specified by a function.

        '''
        if not isinstance(default, types.FunctionType):
            return copy(default)
        else:
            return default()