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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 _maybe_init_metadata_dir_by_name(self, name):
 """Initialize the metadata directory for a named identity if it doesn't exist."""

    safe_mkdir(self.__class__._get_metadata_dir_by_name(name, self._metadata_base_dir))