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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 assoc_host(self, hostname, env):
 """ Associate a host with an environment. hostname is opaque to Jones. Any string which uniquely identifies a host is acceptable. """


        dest = self._get_view_path(env)
        self.associations.set(hostname, dest)