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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 multi_lpop(self, queue, number, transaction=False):
        ''' Pops multiple elements from a list '''
        try:
            self._multi_lpop_pipeline(self, queue, number)
        except:
            raise