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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 may_contain_matches(self, path):
 """Tests whether it's possible for paths under the given one to match. If this method returns None, no path under the given one will match the pattern. """

        path = self._prepare_path(path)
        return self.int_regex.search(path) is not None