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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 is_empty(self):
 """ Check whether this interval is empty. :rtype: bool """

        if self.bounds[1] < self.bounds[0]:
            return True
        if self.bounds[1] == self.bounds[0]:
            return not (self.included[0] and self.included[1])