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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 set_parameter(connection, parameter, value, verbose=False):
 """Set a parameter for the connection, handling errors as warnings """

    value = str(value)
    try:
        if not connection.set_parameter(parameter, value):
            raise ValueError("invalid parameter or value")
    except (AttributeError, ValueError) as exc:
        warnings.warn(
            'failed to set {}={!r}: {}'.format(parameter, value, str(exc)),
            io_nds2.NDSWarning)
    else:
        print_verbose(
            '    [{}] set {}={!r}'.format(
                connection.get_host(), parameter, value),
            verbose=verbose,
        )