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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 preferred_width(self, cli, max_available_width):
 """ Report the width of the longest meta text as the preferred width of this control. It could be that we use less width, but this way, we're sure that the layout doesn't change when we select another completion (E.g. that completions are suddenly shown in more or fewer columns.) """

        if cli.current_buffer.complete_state:
            state = cli.current_buffer.complete_state
            return 2 + max(get_cwidth(c.display_meta) for c in state.current_completions)
        else:
            return 0