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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 _hash(expr, func=None):
 """ Calculate the hash value. :param expr: :param func: hash function :return: """

    if func is None:
        func = lambda x: hash(x)

    return _map(expr, func=func, rtype=types.int64)