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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_current_backend(cls, backend):
        "Use this method to set the backend to run the switch hooks"
        for hook in cls._backend_switch_hooks:
            hook(backend)
        cls.current_backend = backend