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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 error(*args):
 """Display error message via stderr or GUI."""

    if sys.stdin.isatty():
        print('ERROR:', *args, file=sys.stderr)
    else:
        notify_error(*args)