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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 coalesce(self):
 """Merge contiguous elements of this list into single objects This method implicitly sorts and potentially shortens this list. """

        self.sort(key=lambda ts: ts.t0.value)
        i = j = 0
        N = len(self)
        while j < N:
            this = self[j]
            j += 1
            if j < N and this.is_contiguous(self[j]) == 1:
                while j < N and this.is_contiguous(self[j]):
                    try:
                        this = self[i] = this.append(self[j])
                    except ValueError as exc:
                        if 'cannot resize this array' in str(exc):
                            this = this.copy()
                            this = self[i] = this.append(self[j])
                        else:
                            raise
                    j += 1
            else:
                self[i] = this
            i += 1
        del self[i:]
        return self