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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 add_child(self, child):
 """ Add a child node """

        if not isinstance(child, DependencyNode):
            raise TypeError('"child" must be a DependencyNode')
        self._children.append(child)