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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 _combine(self, other, conn='and'):
 """ OR and AND will create a new F, with the filters from both F objects combined with the connector `conn`. """

        f = F()

        self_filters = copy.deepcopy(self.filters)
        other_filters = copy.deepcopy(other.filters)

        if not self.filters:
            f.filters = other_filters
        elif not other.filters:
            f.filters = self_filters
        elif conn in self.filters[0]:
            f.filters = self_filters
            f.filters[0][conn].extend(other_filters)
        elif conn in other.filters[0]:
            f.filters = other_filters
            f.filters[0][conn].extend(self_filters)
        else:
            f.filters = [{conn: self_filters + other_filters}]

        return f