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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 remove_attributes(self, model):
 """ Removes the x and y attributes which were added by the forward handles Recursively searches for non-container layers """

        for child in model.children():
            if 'nn.modules.container' in str(type(child)):
                self.remove_attributes(child)
            else:
                try:
                    del child.x
                except AttributeError:
                    pass
                try:
                    del child.y
                except AttributeError:
                    pass