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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 revive(self, timeout=None):
 """ Revive the timeout. :param timeout: If not `None`, specifies a new timeout value to use. """

        if timeout is not None:
            self.timeout = timeout

        self.revive_event.set()