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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 close_socket(self):
        '''Closes the socket and resets the channel.'''
        log.debug("Closing socket")
        if self.sock:
            try:
                self.sock.close()
            except:
                pass

            self.sock = None