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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 do_minus(self, parser, group):
        '''This filter sorts nodes in a flat group into "required", "default",
        and "banned" subgroups based on the presence of plus and minus nodes.
        '''
        grouper = group.__class__()
        
        next_not = None
        for node in group:
            if isinstance(node, self.Minus):
                if next_not is not None:
                    # Two Minuses in a row; skip the second one
                    continue
                next_not = whoosh.qparser.syntax.NotGroup()
                grouper.append(next_not)
            else:
                # Nodes with children: search for nested Minus nodes
                if isinstance(node, whoosh.qparser.syntax.GroupNode):
                    node = self.do_minus(parser, node)
                if next_not is not None:
                    next_not.append(node)
                    next_not = None
                else:
                    grouper.append(node)
        if next_not is not None:
            # Remove the empty NotGroup
            grouper.pop()
        
        return grouper