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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 future(self, rev=None):
 """Return a Mapping of items after the given revision. Default revision is the last one looked up. """

        if rev is not None:
            self.seek(rev)
        return WindowDictFutureView(self._future)