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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 _get_inst_repo(self, namespace=None):
 """ Test support method that returns instances from the repository with no processing. It uses the default namespace if input parameter for namespace is None """

        if namespace is None:
            namespace = self.default_namespace
        return self.instances[namespace]