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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 overlaps(self, other):
 """ check for overlap with the other interval """

        if self.chrom != other.chrom: return False
        if self.start >= other.end: return False
        if other.start >= self.end: return False
        return True