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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 _fix_value(self, value):
 """Attempt to coerce value into the correct type. Subclasses can override this function. """

        try:
            return self._castfunc(value)
        except:
            error = "Can't put '{0}' ({1}) into a {2}. Expected a {3} object."
            error = error.format(
                value,                  # Input value
                type(value),            # Type of input value
                type(self),             # Type of collection
                self._type              # Expected type of input value
            )
            six.reraise(TypeError, TypeError(error), sys.exc_info()[-1])