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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 pipe_split(context, _INPUT, conf, splits, **kwargs):
 """An operator that splits a source into identical copies. Not loopable. Parameters context : pipe2py.Context object _INPUT : pipe2py.modules pipe like object (iterable of items) conf : dict splits : number of copies Yields ------ """

    return Split(context, _INPUT, conf, splits, **kwargs)