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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 _insert_base_path(self):
 """If the "base" path is set in the paths section of the config, insert it into the python path. """

        if config.BASE in self.paths:
            sys.path.insert(0, self.paths[config.BASE])