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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 layout_padding(plots, renderer):
 """ Pads Nones in a list of lists of plots with empty plots. """

    widths, heights = defaultdict(int), defaultdict(int)
    for r, row in enumerate(plots):
        for c, p in enumerate(row):
            if p is not None:
                width, height = renderer.get_size(p)
                widths[c] = max(widths[c], width)
                heights[r] = max(heights[r], height)

    expanded_plots = []
    for r, row in enumerate(plots):
        expanded_plots.append([])
        for c, p in enumerate(row):
            if p is None:
                p = empty_plot(widths[c], heights[r])
            elif hasattr(p, 'plot_width') and p.plot_width == 0 and p.plot_height == 0:
                p.plot_width = widths[c]
                p.plot_height = heights[r]
            expanded_plots[r].append(p)
    return expanded_plots