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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 parse(self, module):
 """Extracts all the subroutine and function definitions from the specified module."""

        #Because of embedded types, we have to examine the entire module for
        #executable definitions.
        self.parse_block(module.refstring, module, module, 0)

        #Now we can set the value of module.contains as the text after the start of
        #the *first* non-embedded executable.
        min_start = len(module.refstring)
        for x in module.executables:
            if module.executables[x].start < min_start:
                min_start = module.executables[x].start

        module.contains = module.refstring[min_start::]