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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 copy(self, klass=None):
 """Create a new instance of the current chain. """

        chain = (
            klass if klass else self.__class__
        )(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
        chain._tokens = self._tokens.copy()
        return chain