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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 add(self, directory, path=None) -> None: """Add a directory and optionally its path."""

        objecttools.valid_variable_identifier(directory)
        if path is None:
            path = directory
        setattr(self, directory, path)