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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 run_to_states(self):
 """Property for the _run_to_states field """

        self.execution_engine_lock.acquire()
        return_value = self._run_to_states
        self.execution_engine_lock.release()
        return return_value