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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 addFailure(self, result):
 """Add a failure to the result."""

        result.addFailure(self, (Exception, Exception(), None))
        # Since TAP will not provide assertion data, clean up the assertion
        # section so it is not so spaced out.
        test, err = result.failures[-1]
        result.failures[-1] = (test, "")