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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_runner(self, conf):
        '''
        Get & setup runner.

        :param conf:
        :return:
        '''
        conf = self._setup_fun_config(copy.deepcopy(conf))
        if not getattr(self, '_runner', None):
            self._runner = salt.cli.support.localrunner.LocalRunner(conf)
        else:
            self._runner.opts = conf
        return self._runner