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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 identity(self):
 """ A unique identifier for the current visitor. """

        if hasattr(self._identity, 'get_identity'):
            return self._identity.get_identity(self._environ)
        return self._identity(self._environ)