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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 new_process_number(self, name):
 """Increment the counter for the process id number for a given consumer configuration. :param str name: Consumer name :rtype: int """

        self.consumers[name].last_proc_num += 1
        return self.consumers[name].last_proc_num