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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 _load_get_attr(self, name):
        'Return an internal attribute after ensuring the headers is loaded if necessary.'
        if self._mode in _allowed_read and self._N is None:
            self._read_header()
        return getattr(self, name)