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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 _expand_address(addy):
    '''
    Convert the libcloud GCEAddress object into something more serializable.
    '''
    ret = {}
    ret.update(addy.__dict__)
    ret['extra']['zone'] = addy.region.name
    return ret