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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 _log_control(self, s):
 """Write control characters to the appropriate log files"""

        if self.encoding is not None:
            s = s.decode(self.encoding, 'replace')
        self._log(s, 'send')