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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 put_object(self, cont, obj, local_file):
        '''
        Upload a file to Swift
        '''
        try:
            with salt.utils.files.fopen(local_file, 'rb') as fp_:
                self.conn.put_object(cont, obj, fp_)
            return True
        except Exception as exc:
            log.error('There was an error::')
            if hasattr(exc, 'code') and hasattr(exc, 'msg'):
                log.error('    Code: %s: %s', exc.code, exc.msg)
            log.error('    Content: \n%s', getattr(exc, 'read', lambda: six.text_type(exc))())
            return False