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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 create(self):
 """Create the write buffer and cache directory."""

        if not self._sync and not hasattr(self, '_buffer'):
            self._buffer = {}
        if not os.path.exists(self.cache_dir):
            os.makedirs(self.cache_dir)