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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 identical(self, other):
 """Like equals, but also checks attributes. """

        try:
            return (utils.dict_equiv(self.attrs, other.attrs) and
                    self.equals(other))
        except (TypeError, AttributeError):
            return False