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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 _comparator_eq(filter_value, tested_value):
 """ Tests if the filter value is equal to the tested value """

    if isinstance(tested_value, ITERABLES):
        # Convert the list items to strings
        for value in tested_value:
            # Try with the string conversion
            if not is_string(value):
                value = repr(value)

            if filter_value == value:
                # Match !
                return True
    # Standard comparison
    elif not is_string(tested_value):
        # String vs string representation
        return filter_value == repr(tested_value)
    else:
        # String vs string
        return filter_value == tested_value

    return False