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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 to_file_object(self, name, out_dir):
 """Dump to a pickle file and return an File object reference of this list Parameters name : str An identifier of this file. Needs to be unique. out_dir : path path to place this file Returns ------- file : AhopeFile """

        make_analysis_dir(out_dir)

        file_ref = File('ALL', name, self.get_times_covered_by_files(),
                             extension='.pkl', directory=out_dir)
        self.dump(file_ref.storage_path)
        return file_ref