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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 get_state(self, caller):
 """ Get per-program state. """


        if caller in self.state:
            return self.state[caller]
        else:
            rv = self.state[caller] = DictObject()
            return rv