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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 should_not_sample_path(request):
 """Decided whether current request path should be sampled or not. This is checked previous to `should_not_sample_route` and takes precedence. :param: current active pyramid request :returns: boolean whether current request path is blacklisted. """

    blacklisted_paths = request.registry.settings.get(
        'zipkin.blacklisted_paths', [])
    # Only compile strings, since even recompiling existing
    # compiled regexes takes time.
    regexes = [
        re.compile(r) if isinstance(r, six.string_types) else r
        for r in blacklisted_paths
    ]
    return any(r.match(request.path) for r in regexes)