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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 make_enum(enum_mappings):
 """ Creates a type converter for an enumeration or text-to-value mapping. :param enum_mappings: Defines enumeration names and values. :return: Type converter function object for the enum/mapping. """

        if (inspect.isclass(enum_mappings) and
            issubclass(enum_mappings, enum.Enum)):
            enum_class = enum_mappings
            enum_mappings = enum_class.__members__

        def convert_enum(text):
            if text not in convert_enum.mappings:
                text = text.lower()     # REQUIRED-BY: parse re.IGNORECASE
            return convert_enum.mappings[text]    #< text.lower() ???
        convert_enum.pattern = r"|".join(enum_mappings.keys())
        convert_enum.mappings = enum_mappings
        return convert_enum