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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 _publish_status(self, slug, data):
 """Publish a status message for a device Args: slug (string):
 The device slug that we are publishing on behalf of data (dict):
 The status message data to be sent back to the caller """


        status_topic = self.topics.prefix + 'devices/{}/data/status'.format(slug)

        self._logger.debug("Publishing status message: (topic=%s) (message=%s)", status_topic, str(data))
        self.client.publish(status_topic, data)