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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 filter(select, iterable, namespaces=None, flags=0, **kwargs):
 # noqa: A001 """Filter list of nodes."""


    return compile(select, namespaces, flags, **kwargs).filter(iterable)