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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 keepalive(nurse, *patients):
 """ Keep ``patients`` alive at least as long as ``nurse`` is around using a ``WeakKeyDictionary``. """

    if DISABLED:
        return
    if hashable(nurse):
        hashable_patients = []
        for p in patients:
            if hashable(p):
                log.debug("Keeping {0} alive for lifetime of {1}".format(p, nurse))
                hashable_patients.append(p)
            else:
                log.warning("Unable to keep unhashable object {0} "
                            "alive for lifetime of {1}".format(p, nurse))
        KEEPALIVE.setdefault(nurse, set()).update(hashable_patients)
    else:
        log.warning("Unable to keep objects alive for lifetime of "
                    "unhashable object {0}".format(nurse))