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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 cancel(self):
 """Cancel a long-running transaction. If the underlying driver supports this method, it will be called. """

        self._transaction = False
        try:
            cancel = self._con.cancel
        except AttributeError:
            pass
        else:
            cancel()