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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 start(self, *args, **kwargs):
#pylint:disable=unused-argument """ | Launch the consumer. | It can listen forever for messages or just wait for one. :param forever: If set, the consumer listens forever. Default to `True`. :type forever: bool :param timeout: If set, the consumer waits the specified seconds before quitting. :type timeout: None, int :rtype: None :raises socket.timeout: when no message has been received since `timeout`. """

        forever = kwargs.get('forever', True)
        timeout = kwargs.get('timeout', None)
        if forever:
            return self.run(timeout=timeout)
        elif timeout:
            next((self.consume(timeout=timeout)), None)
        else:
            next((self.consume(limit=1, timeout=timeout)), None)