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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 less_strict_bool(x):
 """Idempotent and None-safe version of strict_bool."""

    if x is None:
        return False
    elif x is True or x is False:
        return x
    else:
        return strict_bool(x)