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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 slurpChompedLines(file, expand=False):
 r"""Return ``file`` a list of chomped lines. See `slurpLines`."""

    f=_normalizeToFile(file, "r", expand)
    try: return list(chompLines(f))
    finally: f.close()