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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):
 """Cleanly shut down the SSL protocol and close the transport."""

        if self._closing or self._handle.closed:
            return
        self._closing = True
        self._write_backlog.append([b'', False])
        self._process_write_backlog()