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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 _needescape(c):
 """ Return True if character needs escaping, else False. """


        return not ascii.isprint(c) or c == '"' or c == '\\' or ascii.isctrl(c)