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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 sleep(self, delay):
 """ Inline sleep for use in co-routines. :param delay: Time to sleep in seconds. :type delay: float """

        d = Deferred()
        self._get_loop().callLater(delay, d.callback, None)
        return d