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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):
 """Close the underlying connection."""

        self._closed = True
        if self.receive_task:
            self.receive_task.cancel()
        if self.connection:
            self.connection.close()