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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 _request_with_error_ignored(self, rd):
 """Send smt request, log and ignore any errors."""

        try:
            return self._request(rd)
        except Exception as err:
            # log as warning and ignore namelist operation failures
            LOG.warning(six.text_type(err))