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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 make_tar(tfn, source_dirs, ignore_path=[], optimize_python=True):
    '''
    Make a zip file `fn` from the contents of source_dis.
    '''

    # selector function
    def select(fn):
        rfn = realpath(fn)
        for p in ignore_path:
            if p.endswith('/'):
                p = p[:-1]
            if rfn.startswith(p):
                return False
        if rfn in python_files:
            return False
        return not is_blacklist(fn)

    # get the files and relpath file of all the directory we asked for
    files = []
    for sd in source_dirs:
        sd = realpath(sd)
        compile_dir(sd, optimize_python=optimize_python)
        files += [(x, relpath(realpath(x), sd)) for x in listfiles(sd)
                  if select(x)]

    # create tar.gz of thoses files
    tf = tarfile.open(tfn, 'w:gz', format=tarfile.USTAR_FORMAT)
    dirs = []
    for fn, afn in files:
        dn = dirname(afn)
        if dn not in dirs:
            # create every dirs first if not exist yet
            d = ''
            for component in split(dn):
                d = join(d, component)
                if d.startswith('/'):
                    d = d[1:]
                if d == '' or d in dirs:
                    continue
                dirs.append(d)
                tinfo = tarfile.TarInfo(d)
                tinfo.type = tarfile.DIRTYPE
                tf.addfile(tinfo)

        # put the file
        tf.add(fn, afn)
    tf.close()