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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 parse_configuration( distribution, command_options, ignore_option_errors=False):
 """Performs additional parsing of configuration options for a distribution. Returns a list of used option handlers. :param Distribution distribution: :param dict command_options: :param bool ignore_option_errors: Whether to silently ignore options, values of which could not be resolved (e.g. due to exceptions in directives such as file:, attr:, etc.). If False exceptions are propagated as expected. :rtype: list """

    options = ConfigOptionsHandler(
        distribution, command_options, ignore_option_errors)
    options.parse()

    meta = ConfigMetadataHandler(
        distribution.metadata, command_options, ignore_option_errors,
        distribution.package_dir)
    meta.parse()

    return meta, options