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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 check(self):
 """ Attempt to join any existing scaler threads that may have died or finished. This insures any exceptions raised in the threads are propagated in a timely fashion. """

        try:
            self.join(timeout=0)
        except Exception as e:
            logger.exception(e)
            raise