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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 gossip_connect(self, format, *args):
 """ Set-up gossip discovery of other nodes. A node may connect to multiple other nodes, for redundancy paths. For details of the gossip network design, see the CZMQ zgossip class. """

        return lib.zyre_gossip_connect(self._as_parameter_, format, *args)