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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 flush(self):
 """Ensure all logging output has been flushed."""

        if self.shutdown:
            return
        self.flush_buffers(force=True)
        self.queue.put(FLUSH_MARKER)
        self.queue.join()