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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 appendChild(self, param):
        ''' Overrides base class.
        '''
        Symbol.appendChild(self, param)
        if param.offset is None:
            param.offset = self.size
            self.size += param.size