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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 append_rules(self, an_iterable):
 """add rules to the TransformRuleSystem"""

        self.rules.extend(
            TransformRule(*x, config=self.config) for x in an_iterable
        )