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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 type(self, newtype):
 """If the feature is a multifeature, update all entries."""

        self._type = newtype
        if self.is_multi:
            for sibling in self.multi_rep.siblings:
                sibling._type = newtype