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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 connect(self):
        '''
        Connects to the IRC server with the options defined in `config`
        '''
        self._connect()

        try:
            self._listen()
        except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
            pass
        finally:
            self.close()