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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 inform(cls, name, *args, **kwargs):
 """Helper method for creating inform messages. Parameters name : str The name of the message. args : list of strings The message arguments. """

        mid = kwargs.pop('mid', None)
        if len(kwargs) > 0:
            raise TypeError('Invalid keyword argument(s): %r' % kwargs)
        return cls(cls.INFORM, name, args, mid)