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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_new(self, identifier):
 """Returns True if identifier hasn't been seen before."""

        if identifier in self.tracker:
            return False
        else:
            self.tracker.append(identifier)
            self.tracker.pop(0)
            return True