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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 stop(self):
 """ Stop this process. Once closed, it should not, and cannot be used again. :return: :py:attr:`~exitcode`. """

        self.child.terminate()
        self._cleanup()
        return self.child.exitcode