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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 set_timing(self, timing: bool, reset: bool = False) -> None: """ Manually set the ``timing`` parameter, and optionally reset the timers. Args: timing: should we be timing? reset: reset the timers? """

        self._timing = timing
        if reset:
            self.reset()