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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 pid(self):
 """Return the pool ID used for connection pooling. :rtype: str """

        return hashlib.md5(':'.join([self.__class__.__name__,
                                     self._uri]).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()