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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 _update_status(self, update):
 """Update the status dict and push it to subscribers."""

        if isinstance(update, dict):
            self._protocol.status.update(update)
            self._protocol._updateq.put_nowait(self._protocol.status)