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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 _contains_span(span0, span1):
 """Return true if span0 contains span1, False otherwise."""

    if (span0 == span1 or span0[0] > span1[0] or span0[1] < span1[1]):
        return False
    return True