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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 from_element(self, element, defaults={}):
 """Populate object variables from SVD element"""

        if isinstance(defaults, SvdElement):
            defaults = vars(defaults)
        for key in self.props:
            try:
                value = element.find(key).text
            except AttributeError:  # Maybe it's attribute?
                default = defaults[key] if key in defaults else None
                value = element.get(key, default)
            if value is not None:
                if key in self.props_to_integer:
                    try:
                        value = int(value)
                    except ValueError:  # It has to be hex
                        value = int(value, 16)
                elif key in self.props_to_boolean:
                    value = value.lower() in ("yes", "true", "t", "1")

            setattr(self, key, value)