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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 abort(message, *args):
	'''Raise an AbortException, halting task execution and exiting.'''
	if args:
		raise _AbortException(message.format(*args))

	raise _AbortException(message)