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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 delay(self, amount, pid, method, *args):
 """Call a method on another process after a specified delay. This is equivalent to ``dispatch`` except with an additional amount of time to wait prior to invoking the call. This function returns immediately. :param amount: The amount of time to wait in seconds before making the call. :type amount: ``float`` or ``int`` :param pid: The pid of the process to be called. :type pid: :class:`PID` :param method: The name of the method to be called. :type method: ``str`` :return: Nothing """

    self._assert_started()
    self._assert_local_pid(pid)
    function = self._get_dispatch_method(pid, method)
    self.__loop.add_timeout(self.__loop.time() + amount, function, *args)