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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 _forgiving_issubclass(derived_class, base_class):
 """Forgiving version of ``issubclass`` Does not throw any exception when arguments are not of class type """

    return (type(derived_class) is ClassType and \
            type(base_class) is ClassType and \
            issubclass(derived_class, base_class))