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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 set_error(self, e):
 """ Rather than allowing unmanaged exceptions to explode, or raising errors within thread, the worker thread should call this function with an error class or instance. """

        self.result = (False, e)
        self._lock.release()