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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 parser():
 """Return a parser for setting one or more configuration paths"""


    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('-c', '--config_paths', default=[], action='append',
                        help='path to a configuration directory')
    return parser