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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 healthcheck( transport: 'UDPTransport', recipient: Address, stop_event: Event, event_healthy: Event, event_unhealthy: Event, nat_keepalive_retries: int, nat_keepalive_timeout: int, nat_invitation_timeout: int, ping_nonce: Dict[str, Nonce], ):
 """ Sends a periodical Ping to `recipient` to check its health. """

    # pylint: disable=too-many-branches

    log.debug(
        'starting healthcheck for',
        node=pex(transport.address),
        to=pex(recipient),
    )

    # The state of the node is unknown, the events are set to allow the tasks
    # to do work.
    last_state = NODE_NETWORK_UNKNOWN
    transport.set_node_network_state(
        recipient,
        last_state,
    )

    # Always call `clear` before `set`, since only `set` does context-switches
    # it's easier to reason about tasks that are waiting on both events.

    # Wait for the end-point registration or for the node to quit
    try:
        transport.get_host_port(recipient)
    except UnknownAddress:
        log.debug(
            'waiting for endpoint registration',
            node=pex(transport.address),
            to=pex(recipient),
        )

        event_healthy.clear()
        event_unhealthy.set()

        backoff = udp_utils.timeout_exponential_backoff(
            nat_keepalive_retries,
            nat_keepalive_timeout,
            nat_invitation_timeout,
        )
        sleep = next(backoff)

        while not stop_event.wait(sleep):
            try:
                transport.get_host_port(recipient)
            except UnknownAddress:
                sleep = next(backoff)
            else:
                break

    # Don't wait to send the first Ping and to start sending messages if the
    # endpoint is known
    sleep = 0
    event_unhealthy.clear()
    event_healthy.set()

    while not stop_event.wait(sleep):
        sleep = nat_keepalive_timeout

        ping_nonce['nonce'] = Nonce(ping_nonce['nonce'] + 1)
        messagedata = transport.get_ping(ping_nonce['nonce'])
        message_id = ('ping', ping_nonce['nonce'], recipient)

        # Send Ping a few times before setting the node as unreachable
        acknowledged = udp_utils.retry(
            transport,
            messagedata,
            message_id,
            recipient,
            stop_event,
            [nat_keepalive_timeout] * nat_keepalive_retries,
        )

        if stop_event.is_set():
            return

        if not acknowledged:
            log.debug(
                'node is unresponsive',
                node=pex(transport.address),
                to=pex(recipient),
                current_state=last_state,
                new_state=NODE_NETWORK_UNREACHABLE,
                retries=nat_keepalive_retries,
                timeout=nat_keepalive_timeout,
            )

            # The node is not healthy, clear the event to stop all queue
            # tasks
            last_state = NODE_NETWORK_UNREACHABLE
            transport.set_node_network_state(
                recipient,
                last_state,
            )
            event_healthy.clear()
            event_unhealthy.set()

            # Retry until recovery, used for:
            # - Checking node status.
            # - Nat punching.
            acknowledged = udp_utils.retry(
                transport,
                messagedata,
                message_id,
                recipient,
                stop_event,
                repeat(nat_invitation_timeout),
            )

        if acknowledged:
            current_state = views.get_node_network_status(
                views.state_from_raiden(transport.raiden),
                recipient,
            )

            if last_state != NODE_NETWORK_REACHABLE:
                log.debug(
                    'node answered',
                    node=pex(transport.raiden.address),
                    to=pex(recipient),
                    current_state=current_state,
                    new_state=NODE_NETWORK_REACHABLE,
                )

                last_state = NODE_NETWORK_REACHABLE
                transport.set_node_network_state(
                    recipient,
                    last_state,
                )
                event_unhealthy.clear()
                event_healthy.set()