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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_default(self_,param_name,value):
 """ Set the default value of param_name. Equivalent to setting param_name on the class. """

        cls = self_.cls
        setattr(cls,param_name,value)