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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 response(self, status, content_type, content, headers=None):
 """ Send an HTTP response """


        assert not isinstance(content, (str, bytes)), 'response content cannot be of type str or bytes'
        response_headers = [('Content-Type', content_type)]
        if headers:
            response_headers.extend(headers)
        self.start_response(status, response_headers)
        return content