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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 _submit(primitive, port_index, tuple_):
 """Internal method to submit a tuple"""

    args = (_get_opc(primitive), port_index, tuple_)
    _ec._submit(args)