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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 main(pyc_file, asm_path):
 """ Create Python bytecode from a Python assembly file. ASM_PATH gives the input Python assembly file. We suggest ending the file in .pyc If --pyc-file is given, that indicates the path to write the Python bytecode. The path should end in '.pyc'. See https://github.com/rocky/python-xasm/blob/master/HOW-TO-USE.rst for how to write a Python assembler file. """

    if os.stat(asm_path).st_size == 0:
        print("Size of assembly file %s is zero" % asm_path)
        sys.exit(1)
    asm = asm_file(asm_path)

    if not pyc_file and asm_path.endswith('.pyasm'):
        pyc_file = asm_path[:-len('.pyasm')] + '.pyc'

    write_pycfile(pyc_file, asm)