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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 _error_is_decreasing(self, last_error):
 """True if current error is less than last_error."""

        current_error = self._compute_error()
        is_decreasing = current_error < last_error
        return is_decreasing, current_error