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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_sequence(value):
 """Determine if a value is a sequence type. Returns: ``True`` if `value` is a sequence type (e.g., ``list``, or ``tuple``). String types will return ``False``. NOTE: On Python 3, strings have the __iter__ defined, so a simple hasattr check is insufficient. """

    return (hasattr(value, "__iter__") and not
            isinstance(value, (six.string_types, six.binary_type)))