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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 wait(self, timeout=None):
 """ Waits for the event or for the timeout :param timeout: Wait timeout (in seconds) :return: True if the event as been set, else False """

        # The 'or' part is for Python 2.6
        result = self.__event.wait(timeout)
        # pylint: disable=E0702
        # Pylint seems to miss the "is None" check below
        if self.__exception is None:
            return result
        else:
            raise self.__exception