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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_logger(name='', log_stream=None, log_file=None, quiet=False, verbose=False):
 """Convenience function for getting a logger."""


    # configure root logger
    log_level = logging.INFO
    if quiet:
        log_level = logging.WARNING
    elif verbose:
        log_level = logging.DEBUG

    if log_stream is None:
        log_stream = sys.stdout

    new_logger = configure_logger(name, log_stream=log_stream,
                                  log_file=log_file, log_level=log_level)

    return new_logger