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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 worker_id(self):
 """A unique identifier for this queue instance and the items it owns."""

        if self._worker_id is not None: return self._worker_id
        return self._get_worker_id(self._conn())