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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 decompress(self, value):
 """ Retreieve each field value or provide the initial values """

        if value:
            return [value.get(field.name, None) for field in self.fields]
        return [field.field.initial for field in self.fields]