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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 from_file(self, path=None):
 """Look for a version in ``self.version_file``, or in the specified path if supplied. """

        if self._version is None:
            self._version = file_version(path or self.version_file)
        return self