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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 load_from_tar_or_patch(tar, image_filename, patch_images):
 """Do everything necessary to process an image inside a TAR. Parameters tar : `TarFile` instance The tar from which to read `image_filename`. image_filename : str Fully-qualified path inside of `tar` from which to read an image file. patch_images : dict A dictionary containing filenames (without path) of replacements to be substituted in place of the version of the same file found in `tar`. Returns ------- image_data : bytes The JPEG bytes representing either the image from the TAR archive or its replacement from the patch dictionary. patched : bool True if the image was retrieved from the patch dictionary. False if it was retrieved from the TAR file. """

    patched = True
    image_bytes = patch_images.get(os.path.basename(image_filename), None)
    if image_bytes is None:
        patched = False
        try:
            image_bytes = tar.extractfile(image_filename).read()
            numpy.array(Image.open(io.BytesIO(image_bytes)))
        except (IOError, OSError):
            with gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=tar.extractfile(image_filename)) as gz:
                image_bytes = gz.read()
                numpy.array(Image.open(io.BytesIO(image_bytes)))
    return image_bytes, patched