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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 _Matches(path, pattern_list):
 """Returns true if path matches any patten found in pattern_list. Args: path: A dot separated path to a package, class, method or variable pattern_list: A list of wildcard patterns Returns: True if path matches any wildcard found in pattern_list. """

  # Note: This code does not scale to large pattern_list sizes.
  return any(fnmatch.fnmatchcase(path, pattern) for pattern in pattern_list)