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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 XXX_REMOVEME(func):
 """Decorator for dead code removal """

    @wraps(func)
    def decorator(self, *args, **kwargs):
        msg = "~~~~~~~ XXX REMOVEME marked method called: {}.{}".format(
            self.__class__.__name__, func.func_name)
        raise RuntimeError(msg)
        return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
    return decorator