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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 addskip(skips, skip):
 """Add a line skip to the skips."""

    if skip < 1:
        complain(CoconutInternalException("invalid skip of line " + str(skip)))
    else:
        skips.append(skip)
    return skips