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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 get_file_descriptor(self):
 """ Returns the file descriptor used for passing to the select call when listening on the message queue. """

        return self._subscription.connection and self._subscription.connection._sock.fileno()