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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_missing_tags_strict(self):
 """ Return whether missing_tags is set to strict. """

        val = self.missing_tags

        if val == MissingTags.strict:
            return True
        elif val == MissingTags.ignore:
            return False

        raise Exception("Unsupported 'missing_tags' value: %s" % repr(val))