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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 _timeout_handler(self, signum, frame):
 """ internal timeout handler """

        msgfmt = 'plugin timed out after {0} seconds'
        self.exit(code=self._timeout_code,
                  message=msgfmt.format(self._timeout_delay))