# Copyright 2001 Alex Martelli
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
'''
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'''
#An alternative to singletons. All instances of a particular subclass of Borg will have the exact same state
class Borg:
    _shared_state = {}
    def __init__(self):
        self.__dict__ = self._shared_state