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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 make_err(self, errtype, message, original, loc, ln=None, reformat=True, *args, **kwargs):
 """Generate an error of the specified type."""

        if ln is None:
            ln = self.adjust(lineno(loc, original))
        errstr, index = getline(loc, original), col(loc, original) - 1
        if reformat:
            errstr, index = self.reformat(errstr, index)
        return errtype(message, errstr, index, ln, *args, **kwargs)