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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 _includes_base_class(self, iter_classes, base_class):
 """ Returns whether any class in iter_class is a subclass of the given base_class. """

        return any(
            issubclass(auth_class, base_class) for auth_class in iter_classes,
        )