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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 connectionLost(self, reason=connectionDone):
 """ Mark the protocol as failed and fail all pending operations. """

        self._failed = reason
        pending, self._pending = self._pending, None
        for d in pending.values():
            d.errback(reason)