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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 is_type(valid_type):
 """Returns a validator function that succeeds only for inputs of the provided valid_type. :param type valid_type: the type that should be considered valid for the validator :returns: a function which returns True its input is an instance of valid_type, and raises TypeError otherwise :rtype: callable """

    def validate(value, should_raise=True):
        if not isinstance(value, valid_type):
            if should_raise:
                raise TypeError("Expected value of type {expected}, actual value was of type {actual}.".format(
                    expected=valid_type, actual=type(value)))
            return False
        return True
    return validate