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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 instance(*args, **kwargs):
 """ Singleton to return only one instance of Config. :returns: instance of Config """


        if not hasattr(Config, "_instance") or Config._instance is None:
            Config._instance = Config(*args, **kwargs)
        return Config._instance