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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 to_msgpack(self, path_or_buf=None, encoding='utf-8', **kwargs):
 """ Serialize object to input file path using msgpack format. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL LIBRARY and the storage format may not be stable until a future release. Parameters path : string File path, buffer-like, or None if None, return generated string append : bool whether to append to an existing msgpack (default is False) compress : type of compressor (zlib or blosc), default to None (no compression) """


        from pandas.io import packers
        return packers.to_msgpack(path_or_buf, self, encoding=encoding,
                                  **kwargs)