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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 get_unique_id(element):
 """Returns a unique id for a given element"""

    this_id = make_id(element)
    dup = True
    while dup:
        if this_id not in ids:
            dup = False
            ids.append(this_id)
        else:
            this_id = make_id(element)
    return ids[-1]