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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 backwards(self, backwards):
 """Decorator to specify the ``backwards`` action."""


        if self._backwards is not None:
            raise ValueError('Backwards action already specified.')

        self._backwards = backwards
        return backwards