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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 update_id_counter(self):
 """Update the `id_` counter so that it doesn't grow forever. """


        if not self.__entries:
            self.__next_id = 1
        else:
            self.__next_id = max(self.__entries.keys()) + 1