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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 read(self, fp):
        "Reads a dictionary from an input stream."
        base_size = struct.unpack(str("=I"), fp.read(4))[0]
        self._units.fromfile(fp, base_size)