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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):
 """Return this instance's socket to the connection pool. """

        if not self.__closed:
            self.__closed = True
            self.pool.return_socket(self.sock)
            self.sock, self.pool = None, None