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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 ProgramScanner(**kw):
 """Return a prototype Scanner instance for scanning executable files for static-lib dependencies"""

    kw['path_function'] = SCons.Scanner.FindPathDirs('LIBPATH')
    ps = SCons.Scanner.Base(scan, "ProgramScanner", **kw)
    return ps