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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 connect(url, max_retries=None, **kwargs):
 """Connects to a Phoenix query server. :param url: URL to the Phoenix query server, e.g. ``http://localhost:8765/`` :param autocommit: Switch the connection to autocommit mode. :param readonly: Switch the connection to readonly mode. :param max_retries: The maximum number of retries in case there is a connection error. :param cursor_factory: If specified, the connection's :attr:`~phoenixdb.connection.Connection.cursor_factory` is set to it. :returns: :class:`~phoenixdb.connection.Connection` object. """

    client = AvaticaClient(url, max_retries=max_retries)
    client.connect()
    return Connection(client, **kwargs)