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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 as_proto(self):
 """Returns this shape as a `TensorShapeProto`."""

        if self._dims is None:
            return tensor_shape_pb2.TensorShapeProto(unknown_rank=True)
        else:
            return tensor_shape_pb2.TensorShapeProto(
                dim=[
                    tensor_shape_pb2.TensorShapeProto.Dim(
                        size=-1 if d.value is None else d.value
                    )
                    for d in self._dims
                ]
            )