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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 _process_token(cls, token):
 """Preprocess the token component of a token definition."""

        assert type(token) is _TokenType or callable(token), \
            'token type must be simple type or callable, not %r' % (token,)
        return token