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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 _reduce_input(self, inputs, reducer, final=NotImplemented):
 """ Iterate over input, collect values with the same key, and call the reducer for each unique key. """

        for key, values in groupby(inputs, key=lambda x: self.internal_serialize(x[0])):
            for output in reducer(self.deserialize(key), (v[1] for v in values)):
                yield output
        if final != NotImplemented:
            for output in final():
                yield output
        self._flush_batch_incr_counter()