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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 _format_info(format_int, format_flag=_snd.SFC_GET_FORMAT_INFO):
 """Return the ID and short description of a given format."""

    format_info = _ffi.new("SF_FORMAT_INFO*")
    format_info.format = format_int
    _snd.sf_command(_ffi.NULL, format_flag, format_info,
                    _ffi.sizeof("SF_FORMAT_INFO"))
    name = format_info.name
    return (_format_str(format_info.format),
            _ffi.string(name).decode('utf-8', 'replace') if name else "")