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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 _makeCredentials(email, path, workbench):
 """Makes client certs and writes them to disk at path. This essentially defers to clarent's ``makeCredentials`` function, except it also shows a nice splash screen. """

    splash = _Splash(u"SSL credential generation",
                     u"Generating SSL credentials. (This can take a while.)")
    workbench.display(splash)

    makeCredentials(path, email)

    workbench.undisplay()