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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 target(self):
 """Returns the code element that is the actual executable that this type executable points to."""

        if self.pointsto is not None:
            #It is in the format of module.executable.
            xinst = self.module.parent.get_executable(self.pointsto.lower())
            return xinst
        else:
            #The executable it points to is the same as its name.
            fullname = "{}.{}".format(self.module.name, self.name)
            return self.module.parent.get_executable(fullname.lower())