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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 data(self):
 """Returns the entire configuration as a dict. Note that this will force all plugins to be loaded. """

        d = {}
        for key in self._data:
            if key == "plugins":
                d[key] = self.plugins.data()
            else:
                try:
                    d[key] = getattr(self, key)
                except AttributeError:
                    pass  # unknown key, just leave it unchanged
        return d