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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 close(self):
 """Begin closing subscription. """

        if self._S is not None:
            # after .close() self._event should never be called
            self._S.close()
            self._S = None
            self._Q.put_nowait(None)