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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 open(self):
 """Open or re-open file."""

        if self._fh:
            return  # file is open

        if isinstance(self._file, pathlib.Path):
            self._file = str(self._file)
        if isinstance(self._file, basestring):
            # file name
            self._file = os.path.realpath(self._file)
            self._dir, self._name = os.path.split(self._file)
            self._fh = open(self._file, self._mode)
            self._close = True
            if self._offset is None:
                self._offset = 0
        elif isinstance(self._file, FileHandle):
            # FileHandle
            self._fh = self._file._fh
            if self._offset is None:
                self._offset = 0
            self._offset += self._file._offset
            self._close = False
            if not self._name:
                if self._offset:
                    name, ext = os.path.splitext(self._file._name)
                    self._name = '%s@%i%s' % (name, self._offset, ext)
                else:
                    self._name = self._file._name
            if self._mode and self._mode != self._file._mode:
                raise ValueError('FileHandle has wrong mode')
            self._mode = self._file._mode
            self._dir = self._file._dir
        elif hasattr(self._file, 'seek'):
            # binary stream: open file, BytesIO
            try:
                self._file.tell()
            except Exception:
                raise ValueError('binary stream is not seekable')
            self._fh = self._file
            if self._offset is None:
                self._offset = self._file.tell()
            self._close = False
            if not self._name:
                try:
                    self._dir, self._name = os.path.split(self._fh.name)
                except AttributeError:
                    self._name = 'Unnamed binary stream'
            try:
                self._mode = self._fh.mode
            except AttributeError:
                pass
        else:
            raise ValueError('The first parameter must be a file name, '
                             'seekable binary stream, or FileHandle')

        if self._offset:
            self._fh.seek(self._offset)

        if self._size is None:
            pos = self._fh.tell()
            self._fh.seek(self._offset, 2)
            self._size = self._fh.tell()
            self._fh.seek(pos)

        try:
            self._fh.fileno()
            self.is_file = True
        except Exception:
            self.is_file = False