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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 catch_gzip_errors(f):
 """ A decorator to handle gzip encoding errors which have been known to happen during hydration. """

    def new_f(self, *args, **kwargs):
        try:
            return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
        except requests.exceptions.ContentDecodingError as e:
            log.warning("caught gzip error: %s", e)
            self.connect()
            return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
    return new_f