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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 get_ips(self, interface=None, family=None, scope=None, timeout=0):
 """ Get a tuple of IPs for the container. """


        kwargs = {}
        if interface:
            kwargs['interface'] = interface
        if family:
            kwargs['family'] = family
        if scope:
            kwargs['scope'] = scope

        ips = None
        timeout = int(os.environ.get('LXC_GETIP_TIMEOUT', timeout))

        while not ips:
            ips = _lxc.Container.get_ips(self, **kwargs)
            if timeout == 0:
                break

            timeout -= 1
            time.sleep(1)

        return ips