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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 append(self, pipeline):
 """ Append a pipeline to this pipeline. :param pipeline: Pipeline to append. :returns: This pipeline. """

        for stage in pipeline.pipe:
            self._pipe.append(stage)
        return self