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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 _compute_final_exit_code(*codes):
 """Returns the exit code with higher abs value in case of negative values."""

    max_code = None
    for code in codes:
      if max_code is None or abs(max_code) < abs(code):
        max_code = code
    return max_code