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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_colorbar_heuristic(obj):
 """Find out if the object is in fact a color bar. """

    # TODO come up with something more accurate here
    # Might help:
    # TODO Are the colorbars exactly the l.collections.PolyCollection's?
    try:
        aspect = float(obj.get_aspect())
    except ValueError:
        # e.g., aspect == 'equal'
        return False

    # Assume that something is a colorbar if and only if the ratio is above 5.0
    # and there are no ticks on the corresponding axis. This isn't always true,
    # though: The ratio of a color can be freely adjusted by the aspect
    # keyword, e.g.,
    #
    #    plt.colorbar(im, aspect=5)
    #
    limit_ratio = 5.0

    return (aspect >= limit_ratio and len(obj.get_xticks()) == 0) or (
        aspect <= 1.0 / limit_ratio and len(obj.get_yticks()) == 0
    )