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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 getConfiguration(self):
 """ Get the current configuration number for this device. """

        configuration = c_int()
        mayRaiseUSBError(libusb1.libusb_get_configuration(
            self.__handle, byref(configuration),
        ))
        return configuration.value