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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 num_failures(self):
 """ Return the number of failures in the window. """

        min_time = time.time() - self.window

        while self.failures and self.failures[0] < min_time:
            self.failures.popleft()

        return len(self.failures)