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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 value_or_default(self, value):
        ''' Returns the given value or the specified default value for this
        field '''
        if value is None:
            if callable(self.default):
                return self.default()
            else:
                return self.default

        return value