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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 _support_op(*args):
 """Internal decorator to define an criteria compare operations."""

        def inner(func):
            for one_arg in args:
                _op_mapping_[one_arg] = func
            return func

        return inner