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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 is_namespace_ready( self, namespace_id ):
 """ Given a namespace ID, determine if the namespace is ready at the current block. """

        namespace = self.get_namespace( namespace_id )
        if namespace is not None:
            return True
        else:
            return False