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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 _parse_dict(cls, value):
 """Represents value as a dict. :param value: :rtype: dict """

        separator = '='
        result = {}
        for line in cls._parse_list(value):
            key, sep, val = line.partition(separator)
            if sep != separator:
                raise DistutilsOptionError(
                    'Unable to parse option value to dict: %s' % value)
            result[key.strip()] = val.strip()

        return result