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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 _read_proto_resolve(self, length, ptype):
 """Resolve IP address according to protocol. Positional arguments: * length -- int, protocol address length * ptype -- int, protocol type Returns: * str -- IP address """

        # if ptype == '0800':     # IPv4
        #     _byte = self._read_fileng(4)
        #     _addr = '.'.join([str(_) for _ in _byte])
        # elif ptype == '86dd':   # IPv6
        #     adlt = []       # list of IPv6 hexadecimal address
        #     ctr_ = collections.defaultdict(int)
        #                     # counter for consecutive groups of zero value
        #     ptr_ = 0        # start pointer of consecutive groups of zero value
        #     last = False    # if last hextet/group is zero value
        #     omit = False    # omitted flag, since IPv6 address can omit to `::` only once

        #     for index in range(8):
        #         hex_ = self._read_fileng(2).hex().lstrip('0')

        #         if hex_:    # if hextet is not '', directly append
        #             adlt.append(hex_)
        #             last = False
        #         else:       # if hextet is '', append '0'
        #             adlt.append('0')
        #             if last:    # if last hextet is '', ascend counter
        #                 ctr_[ptr_] += 1
        #             else:       # if last hextet is not '', record pointer
        #                 ptr_ = index
        #                 last = True
        #                 ctr_[ptr_] = 1

        #     ptr_ = max(ctr_, key=ctr_.get) if ctr_ else 0   # fetch start pointer with longest zero values
        #     end_ = ptr_ + ctr_[ptr_]                        # calculate end pointer

        #     if ctr_[ptr_] > 1:      # only omit if zero values are in a consecutive group
        #         del adlt[ptr_:end_] # remove zero values

        #         if ptr_ == 0 and end_ == 8:     # insert `::` if IPv6 unspecified address (::)
        #             adlt.insert(ptr_, '::')
        #         elif ptr_ == 0 or end_ == 8:    # insert `:` if zero values are from start or at end
        #             adlt.insert(ptr_, ':')
        #         else:                           # insert '' otherwise
        #             adlt.insert(ptr_, '')

        #     _addr = ':'.join(adlt)
        # else:
        #     _addr = self._read_fileng(length)
        # return _addr
        if ptype == '0800':     # IPv4
            return ipaddress.ip_address(self._read_fileng(4))
        elif ptype == '86dd':   # IPv6
            return ipaddress.ip_address(self._read_fileng(16))
        else:
            return self._read_fileng(length)