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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_equivalent(self, other):
 """ Return ``True`` if the IPA character is equivalent to the ``other`` object. The ``other`` object can be: 1. a Unicode string, containing the representation of the IPA character, 2. a Unicode string, containing a space-separated list of descriptors, 3. a list of Unicode strings, containing descriptors, and 4. another IPAChar. :rtype: bool """

        if (self.unicode_repr is not None) and (is_unicode_string(other)) and (self.unicode_repr == other):
            return True
        if isinstance(other, IPAChar):
            return self.canonical_representation == other.canonical_representation
        try:
            return self.canonical_representation == IPAChar(name=None, descriptors=other).canonical_representation
        except:
            return False