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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 _cache_credentials(self, source, credentials, connect=False):
 """Save a set of authentication credentials. The credentials are used to login a socket whenever one is created. If `connect` is True, verify the credentials on the server first. """

        # Don't let other threads affect this call's data.
        all_credentials = self.__all_credentials.copy()

        if source in all_credentials:
            # Nothing to do if we already have these credentials.
            if credentials == all_credentials[source]:
                return
            raise OperationFailure('Another user is already authenticated '
                                   'to this database. You must logout first.')

        if connect:
            server = self._get_topology().select_server(
                writable_preferred_server_selector)

            # get_socket() logs out of the database if logged in with old
            # credentials, and logs in with new ones.
            with server.get_socket(all_credentials) as sock_info:
                sock_info.authenticate(credentials)

        # If several threads run _cache_credentials at once, last one wins.
        self.__all_credentials[source] = credentials