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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(self, path, default_value):
 """ Get value for config item into a string value; leading slash is optional and ignored. """

        return lib.zconfig_get(self._as_parameter_, path, default_value)