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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 wait(self):
 """ Wait for the request to be dispatched. """

        self.wait_event = threading.Event()
        timeout = int(self.timeout) if self.timeout else None
        self.timed_out = not self.wait_event.wait(timeout)