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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 user(self, value):
 """ Sets the user on the current request. This is necessary to maintain compatibility with django.contrib.auth where the user property is set in the login and logout functions. Note that we also set the user on Django's underlying `HttpRequest` instance, ensuring that it is available to any middleware in the stack. """

        self._user = value
        self._request.user = value