<|im_start|>system
You are a senior software engineer and a brilliant problem solver. Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and runnable code solutions for complex problems. Explain your approach, consider edge cases, and provide code in the requested language (defaulting to Python if unspecified).<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Write a Python function to generate a dictionary with the keys 'a', 'b', 'c', and values of '1', '2', '3', respectively.
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<|im_start|>assistant
def generate_dictionary():
    """Generate a dictionary with the keys 'a', 'b', 'c' and values of '1', '2', '3' respectively."""
    return {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}<|im_end|>
