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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 _update(self, data):
 """Update the object with new data."""

        for k, v in six.iteritems(data):
            new_value = v
            if isinstance(v, dict):
                new_value = type(self)(v)
            elif isinstance(v, list):
                new_value = [(type(self)(e) if isinstance(e, dict) else e)
                             for e in v]
            setattr(self, k, new_value)