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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 _pop_key(self, key, has_default):
 		"""Remove an element by key."""

		try:
			index, value = self._dict.pop(key)
		except KeyError:
			if has_default:
				return None, None
			else:
				raise
		key2, value2 = self._list.pop(index)
		assert key is key2
		assert value is value2

		return index, value