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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 _set_axis(self, axis, labels, fastpath=False):
 """ Override generic, we want to set the _typ here. """


        if not fastpath:
            labels = ensure_index(labels)

        is_all_dates = labels.is_all_dates
        if is_all_dates:
            if not isinstance(labels,
                              (DatetimeIndex, PeriodIndex, TimedeltaIndex)):
                try:
                    labels = DatetimeIndex(labels)
                    # need to set here because we changed the index
                    if fastpath:
                        self._data.set_axis(axis, labels)
                except (tslibs.OutOfBoundsDatetime, ValueError):
                    # labels may exceeds datetime bounds,
                    # or not be a DatetimeIndex
                    pass

        self._set_subtyp(is_all_dates)

        object.__setattr__(self, '_index', labels)
        if not fastpath:
            self._data.set_axis(axis, labels)