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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 _timeout_exceeded(self, start, msg="Timeout exceeded!"):
 """Raise NetMikoTimeoutException if waiting too much in the serving queue. :param start: Initial start time to see if session lock timeout has been exceeded :type start: float (from time.time() call i.e. epoch time) :param msg: Exception message if timeout was exceeded :type msg: str """

        if not start:
            # Must provide a comparison time
            return False
        if time.time() - start > self.session_timeout:
            # session_timeout exceeded
            raise NetMikoTimeoutException(msg)
        return False