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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 fields(self, locale=None):
 """Get fields for a specific locale :param locale: (optional) Locale to fetch, defaults to default_locale. """


        if locale is None:
            locale = self._locale()
        return self._fields.get(locale, {})