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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 executable(self):
 """Connection against which statements will be executed."""

        if not hasattr(self.local, 'conn'):
            self.local.conn = self.engine.connect()
        return self.local.conn