old_contents: import amqp
  from contextlib import closing
  
  
  def get_message(queue):
      """ Get the first message from a queue.
  
      The first message from a queue is retrieved. If there is no such message, the function exits quietly. 
  
      :param queue: The name of the queue from which to get the message.
  
      Usage::
  
      >>> from utils import get_message
      >>> message = get_message('queue')
  
      """
      with closing(amqp.Connection()) as connection:
          channel = connection.channel()
          return channel.basic_get(queue=queue)
  
new_contents: import amqp
  from contextlib import closing
  
  
  def __get_channel(connection):
      return connection.channel()
  
  def __get_message_from_queue(channel, queue):
      return channel.basic_get(queue=queue)
  
  def get_message(queue):
      """ Get the first message from a queue.
  
      The first message from a queue is retrieved. If there is no such message, the function exits quietly. 
  
      :param queue: The name of the queue from which to get the message.
  
      Usage::
  
      >>> from utils import get_message
      >>> message = get_message('queue')
  
      """
      with closing(amqp.Connection()) as connection:
          channel = __get_channel(connection)
          return  __get_message_from_queue(channel, queue)
  
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