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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 connect(self, *args, **kwargs):
 """ Connect to a server. This overrides the function in SimpleIRCClient to provide SSL functionality. :param args: :param kwargs: :return: """

        if self.use_ssl:
            factory = irc.connection.Factory(wrapper=ssl.wrap_socket)
        else:
            factory = irc.connection.Factory()
        self.connection.connect(server=self.server,
                                port=self.port,
                                nickname=self.nickname,
                                connect_factory=factory,
                                password=self.password,
                                username=self.username,
                                ircname=self.ircname)