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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 merge_resources(args):
 """Merge docker local resources and global resource specification in a set of arguments. Finds the `data` object within passed arguments and updates the resources from a local docker configuration if present. """

    docker_config = _get_docker_config()
    if not docker_config:
        return args
    else:
        def _update_resources(config):
            config["resources"] = _merge_system_configs(config, docker_config)["resources"]
            return config
        return _update_config(args, _update_resources, allow_missing=True)