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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 _flush_decoder(self):
 """ Flushes the decoder. Should only be called if the decoder is actually being used. """

        if self._decoder:
            buf = self._decoder.decompress(b'')
            return buf + self._decoder.flush()

        return b''