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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 connect(self, mode='default_reset'):
 """ Try connecting repeatedly until successful, or giving up """

        print('Connecting...', end='')
        sys.stdout.flush()
        last_error = None

        try:
            for _ in range(7):
                last_error = self._connect_attempt(mode=mode, esp32r0_delay=False)
                if last_error is None:
                    return
                last_error = self._connect_attempt(mode=mode, esp32r0_delay=True)
                if last_error is None:
                    return
        finally:
            print('')  # end 'Connecting...' line
        raise FatalError('Failed to connect to %s: %s' % (self.CHIP_NAME, last_error))