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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 _identity(table, target_length):
 """Identity minimisation function."""

    if target_length is None or len(table) < target_length:
        return table
    raise MinimisationFailedError(target_length, len(table))