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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 disconnect(self):
 """ Disconnect from the Kafka broker. This is used to implement disconnection on timeout as a workaround for Kafka connections occasionally getting stuck on the server side under load. Requests are not cancelled, so they will be retried. """

        if self.proto:
            log.debug('%r Disconnecting from %r', self, self.proto.transport.getPeer())
            self.proto.transport.loseConnection()