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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 _replace_by(module_function, warn=False):
 """Try replace decorated function by module.function."""

    def decorate(func, module_function=module_function, warn=warn):
        sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__))
        try:
            module, function = module_function.split('.')
            func, oldfunc = getattr(__import__(module), function), func
            globals()['__old_' + func.__name__] = oldfunc
        except Exception:
            if warn:
                warnings.warn("failed to import %s" % module_function)
        sys.path.pop()
        return func

    return decorate