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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 stat(self, path):
 """ safely gets the Znode's Stat """

        try:
            stat = self.exists(str(path))
        except (NoNodeError, NoAuthError):
            stat = None
        return stat