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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 freeze(self, freeze: bool = True):
 """ Freezing the hub means that each topic has to be assigned and no new topics can be created after this point. """

        for topic in self._topics.values():
            topic.freeze()
        self._frozen = freeze