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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 isBusy(self):
 """ Returns true if the underlying engine is doing an async operation. """

        # return self._impl.isBusy()
        if self._lock.acquire(False):
            self._lock.release()
            return False
        else:
            return True