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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 copy(self):
 """ Create an inactive copy of the connection object, suitable for passing to a background thread. The returned copy is not connected; you must call reinit() before using. """

        c = copy.deepcopy(self)
        # Python 3 doesn't copy custom attributes of the threadlocal subclass
        c.host = copy.copy(self.host)
        c.port = copy.copy(self.port)
        c.timeout = copy.copy(self.timeout)
        c._sock = None
        return c