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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 stats(self, *args):
 """ The memcached "stats" command. The returned keys depend on what the "stats" command returns. A best effort is made to convert values to appropriate Python types, defaulting to strings when a conversion cannot be made. Args: *arg: extra string arguments to the "stats" command. See the memcached protocol documentation for more information. Returns: A dict of the returned stats. """

        result = self._fetch_cmd(b'stats', args, False)

        for key, value in six.iteritems(result):
            converter = STAT_TYPES.get(key, int)
            try:
                result[key] = converter(value)
            except Exception:
                pass

        return result