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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 set_base_path(self, value):
 """Munge in the base path into the configuration values :param str value: The path value """

        if config.PATHS not in self.config.application:
            self.config.application[config.PATHS] = dict()

        if config.BASE not in self.config.application[config.PATHS]:
            self.config.application[config.PATHS][config.BASE] = value