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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 _write(self, content, mode, encoding=None, linesep=False):
 """Handles file writes."""

        makedirs(self.path)
        try:
            encoding = encoding or ENCODING
            if "b" not in mode:
                try:
                    content = str(content)
                except:
                    pass
                if linesep:
                    content += os.linesep
            with codecs.open(self.path, mode, encoding=encoding) as fo:
                fo.write(content)
                return True
        except:
            return False