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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 is_symlink(self):
 """ Whether this path is a symbolic link. """

        try:
            return S_ISLNK(self.lstat().st_mode)
        except OSError as e:
            if e.errno != ENOENT:
                raise
            # Path doesn't exist
            return False