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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 _check_pointers(parser):
 """Checks the pointer best-practice conditions."""

    from fortpy.stats.bp import check_pointers
    check_pointers(parser, args["source"], args["filter"], args["recursive"])