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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 init(name, description, bucket, timeout, memory, stages, requirements, function, runtime, config_file, **kwargs):
 """Generate a configuration file."""

    if os.path.exists(config_file):
        raise RuntimeError('Please delete the old version {} if you want to '
                           'reconfigure your project.'.format(config_file))

    module, app = function.split(':')
    if not name:
        name = module.replace('_', '-')
    if not re.match('^[a-zA-Z][-a-zA-Z0-9]*$', name):
        raise ValueError('The name {} is invalid, only letters, numbers and '
                         'dashes are allowed.'.format(name))
    if not bucket:
        random_suffix = ''.join(
            random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits)
            for n in range(8))
        bucket = '{}-{}'.format(name, random_suffix)

    stages = [s.strip() for s in stages.split(',')]

    if runtime is None:
        if sys.version_info[0] == 2:  # pragma: no cover
            runtime = 'python2.7'
        else:
            runtime = 'python3.6'

    # generate slam.yaml
    template_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
                                 'templates/slam.yaml')
    with open(template_file) as f:
        template = f.read()
    template = render_template(template, name=name, description=description,
                               module=module, app=app, bucket=bucket,
                               timeout=timeout, memory=memory,
                               requirements=requirements, stages=stages,
                               devstage=stages[0], runtime=runtime)
    with open(config_file, 'wt') as f:
        f.write(template)

    # plugins
    config = _load_config(config_file)
    for name, plugin in plugins.items():
        # write plugin documentation as a comment in config file
        with open(config_file, 'at') as f:
            f.write('\n\n# ' + (plugin.__doc__ or name).replace(
                '\n', '\n# ') + '\n')
        if hasattr(plugin, 'init'):
            arguments = {k: v for k, v in kwargs.items()
                         if k in getattr(plugin.init, '_argnames', [])}
            plugin_config = plugin.init.func(config=config, **arguments)
            if plugin_config:
                with open(config_file, 'at') as f:
                    yaml.dump({name: plugin_config}, f,
                              default_flow_style=False)

    print('The configuration file for your project has been generated. '
          'Remember to add {} to source control.'.format(config_file))