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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 raise_exception(self, node, exc=None, msg='', expr=None, lineno=None):
 """Add an exception."""

        if self.error is None:
            self.error = []
        if expr is None:
            expr = self.expr
        if len(self.error) > 0 and not isinstance(node, ast.Module):
            msg = '%s' % msg
        err = ExceptionHolder(node, exc=exc, msg=msg, expr=expr, lineno=lineno)
        self._interrupt = ast.Break()
        self.error.append(err)
        if self.error_msg is None:
            self.error_msg = "at expr='%s'" % (self.expr)
        elif len(msg) > 0:
            self.error_msg = msg
        if exc is None:
            try:
                exc = self.error[0].exc
            except:
                exc = RuntimeError
        raise exc(self.error_msg)