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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 result(self, timeout=None):
 """If the operation succeeded, return its result. If it failed, re-raise its exception. This method takes a ``timeout`` argument for compatibility with `concurrent.futures.Future` but it is an error to call it before the `Future` is done, so the ``timeout`` is never used. """

        self._clear_tb_log()
        if self._result is not None:
            return self._result
        if self._exc_info is not None:
            try:
                raise_exc_info(self._exc_info)
            finally:
                self = None
        self._check_done()
        return self._result