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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 _update_sys_path(self, package_path=None):
 """Updates and adds current directory to sys path"""

        self.package_path = package_path
        if not self.package_path in sys.path:
            sys.path.append(self.package_path)