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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 nodes(self):
 """ Computes the node positions the first time they are requested if no explicit node information was supplied. """

        if self._nodes is None:
            self._nodes = layout_nodes(self, only_nodes=True)
        return self._nodes