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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 suspend(self):
 """ Suspends the thread execution. @rtype: int @return: Suspend count. If zero, the thread is running. """

        hThread = self.get_handle(win32.THREAD_SUSPEND_RESUME)
        if self.is_wow64():
            # FIXME this will be horribly slow on XP 64
            # since it'll try to resolve a missing API every time
            try:
                return win32.Wow64SuspendThread(hThread)
            except AttributeError:
                pass
        return win32.SuspendThread(hThread)