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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 _handle_comment(self, comment):
 """Deal with a comment."""

        if not comment:
            return ''
        start = self.indent_type
        if not comment.startswith('#'):
            start += self._a_to_u(' # ')
        return (start + comment)