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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 set_expanding(self):
 """Set that we are expanding a sequence, and return whether a release is required by the caller."""


        status = not self.expanding
        if status:
            self.expanding = True
        return status