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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 begin(self):
 """Enter a transaction explicitly. No data will be written until the transaction has been committed. """

        if not hasattr(self.local, 'tx'):
            self.local.tx = []
        self.local.tx.append(self.executable.begin())