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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:

async def send_request(self, method, args=()):
        '''Send an RPC request over the network.'''
        message, event = self.connection.send_request(Request(method, args))
        return await self._send_concurrent(message, event, 1)