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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 truncate(self, index, chain=-1):
 """Tell the traces to truncate themselves at the given index."""

        chain = range(self.chains)[chain]
        for name in self.trace_names[chain]:
            self._traces[name].truncate(index, chain)