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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 matches(self, other):
 """Checks if another object is equivalent to this object. :returns: checks if another object is equivalent to this object :rtype: boolean """

        if not isinstance(other, Failure):
            return False
        if self.exc_info is None or other.exc_info is None:
            return self._matches(other)
        else:
            return self == other