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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 load(self, local='localsettings.py', default='settings.py'):
        '''
        Load the settings dict

        @param local: The local settings filename to use
        @param default: The default settings module to read
        @return: A dict of the loaded settings
        '''
        self._load_defaults(default)
        self._load_custom(local)

        return self.settings()