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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 contents(self):
 """String representation of the source's description"""

        if not self._source:
            return ' ' * 100  # HACK - make sure that area is big
        contents = self.source.describe()
        return pretty_describe(contents)