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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 acquire( self, timeout: Union[float, datetime.timedelta] = None ) -> Awaitable[_ReleasingContextManager]: """Decrement the counter. Returns an awaitable. Block if the counter is zero and wait for a `.release`. The awaitable raises `.TimeoutError` after the deadline. """

        waiter = Future()  # type: Future[_ReleasingContextManager]
        if self._value > 0:
            self._value -= 1
            waiter.set_result(_ReleasingContextManager(self))
        else:
            self._waiters.append(waiter)
            if timeout:

                def on_timeout() -> None:
                    if not waiter.done():
                        waiter.set_exception(gen.TimeoutError())
                    self._garbage_collect()

                io_loop = ioloop.IOLoop.current()
                timeout_handle = io_loop.add_timeout(timeout, on_timeout)
                waiter.add_done_callback(
                    lambda _: io_loop.remove_timeout(timeout_handle)
                )
        return waiter