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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_settings(self):
 """ Load settings from .json file """

        #file_path = path.relpath(settings_file_path)
        #file_path = path.abspath(settings_file_path)
        file_path = self.file_path

        try:
            self.data = json.load(open(file_path))
        except FileNotFoundError:
            print("Could not load", file_path)