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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 updateRole(self, roleID, name, description):
 """allows for the role name or description to be modified"""

        params = {
            "name" : name,
            "description" : description,
            "f" : "json"
        }
        url = self._url + "/%s/update"
        return self._post(url=url,
                             param_dict=params,
                             proxy_url=self._proxy_url,
                             proxy_port=self._proxy_port)