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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 short_repr(item, max_length=15):
 """Short representation of item if it is too long"""

    item = repr(item)
    if len(item) > max_length:
        item = '{}...{}'.format(item[:max_length - 3], item[-1])
    return item