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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 _attempt_set_timeout(self, timeout):
 """Sets a timeout on the inner watchman client's socket."""

    try:
      self.client.setTimeout(timeout)
    except Exception:
      self._logger.debug('failed to set post-startup watchman timeout to %s', self._timeout)
    else:
      self._logger.debug('set post-startup watchman timeout to %s', self._timeout)