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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 construct(self, max_message_size, remote_name=None, python_path=None, debug=False, connect_timeout=None, profiling=False, unidirectional=False, old_router=None, **kwargs):
 """Get the named context running on the local machine, creating it if it does not exist."""

        super(Stream, self).construct(**kwargs)
        self.max_message_size = max_message_size
        if python_path:
            self.python_path = python_path
        if connect_timeout:
            self.connect_timeout = connect_timeout
        if remote_name is None:
            remote_name = get_default_remote_name()
        if '/' in remote_name or '\\' in remote_name:
            raise ValueError('remote_name= cannot contain slashes')
        self.remote_name = remote_name
        self.debug = debug
        self.profiling = profiling
        self.unidirectional = unidirectional
        self.max_message_size = max_message_size
        self.connect_deadline = time.time() + self.connect_timeout