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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 make_int(value, missing=-1):
 """Convert string value to long, '' to missing"""

    if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
        if not value.strip():
            return missing
    elif value is None:
        return missing
    return int(value)