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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 clone(self, name=None):
 """Returns a cloned `Linear` module. Args: name: Optional string assigning name of cloned module. The default name is constructed by appending "_clone" to `self.module_name`. Returns: Cloned `Linear` module. """

    if name is None:
      name = self.module_name + "_clone"
    return Linear(output_size=self.output_size,
                  use_bias=self._use_bias,
                  initializers=self._initializers,
                  partitioners=self._partitioners,
                  regularizers=self._regularizers,
                  name=name)