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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 delete_request( self, alias, uri, data=None, json=None, params=None, headers=None, allow_redirects=None, timeout=None):
 """ Send a DELETE request on the session object found using the given `alias` ``alias`` that will be used to identify the Session object in the cache ``uri`` to send the DELETE request to ``json`` a value that will be json encoded and sent as request data if data is not specified ``headers`` a dictionary of headers to use with the request ``allow_redirects`` Boolean. Set to True if POST/PUT/DELETE redirect following is allowed. ``timeout`` connection timeout """

        session = self._cache.switch(alias)
        data = self._format_data_according_to_header(session, data, headers)
        redir = True if allow_redirects is None else allow_redirects

        response = self._delete_request(
            session, uri, data, json, params, headers, redir, timeout)

        if isinstance(data, bytes):
            data = data.decode('utf-8')
        logger.info('Delete Request using : alias=%s, uri=%s, data=%s, \
                    headers=%s, allow_redirects=%s ' % (alias, uri, data, headers, redir))

        return response