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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 start(self, *args):
 """ Start a nested log. """


        if self._is_verbose:
            # verbose log has no start method
            return self

        self.writeln('start', *args)
        self._indent += 1
        return self