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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 _get_pydot(self):
 """Return pydot package. Load pydot, if necessary."""

        if self.pydot:
            return self.pydot
        self.pydot = __import__("pydot")
        return self.pydot