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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(self):
 """Close the pool by closing and removing all of the connections"""

        for cid in list(self.connections.keys()):
            self.remove(self.connections[cid].handle)
        LOGGER.debug('Pool %s closed', self.id)