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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 consume_queue(queue, cascade_stop):
 """Consume the queue by reading lines off of it and yielding them."""

    while True:
        try:
            item = queue.get(timeout=0.1)
        except Empty:
            yield None
            continue
        # See https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/189
        except thread.error:
            raise ShutdownException()

        if item.exc:
            raise item.exc

        if item.is_stop:
            if cascade_stop:
                raise StopIteration
            else:
                continue

        yield item.item