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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 global_start_index(self, value):
 """Set the global start index."""

        if not isinstance(value, int) and value is not None:
            raise TypeError('global_start_index attribute must be of int '
                            'type.')
        self._global_start_index = value