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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 deprecated(func):
 """ A decorator for marking functions as deprecated. Results in a printed warning message when the function is used. """

    def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
        warnings.warn('Call to deprecated function %s.' % func.__name__,
                      category=DeprecationWarning,
                      stacklevel=2)
        return func(*args, **kwargs)
    decorated.__name__ = func.__name__
    decorated.__doc__ = func.__doc__
    decorated.__dict__.update(func.__dict__)
    return decorated