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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 debug(self, *args):
 """Log a debug message. Used for debugging."""

        if _canShortcutLogging(self.logCategory, DEBUG):
            return
        debugObject(self.logObjectName(), self.logCategory,
            *self.logFunction(*args))