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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 system_information():
    '''
    Report system versions.
    '''
    def system_version():
        '''
        Return host system version.
        '''
        lin_ver = linux_distribution()
        mac_ver = platform.mac_ver()
        win_ver = platform.win32_ver()

        if lin_ver[0]:
            return ' '.join(lin_ver)
        elif mac_ver[0]:
            if isinstance(mac_ver[1], (tuple, list)) and ''.join(mac_ver[1]):
                return ' '.join([mac_ver[0], '.'.join(mac_ver[1]), mac_ver[2]])
            else:
                return ' '.join([mac_ver[0], mac_ver[2]])
        elif win_ver[0]:
            return ' '.join(win_ver)
        else:
            return ''

    if platform.win32_ver()[0]:
        # Get the version and release info based on the Windows Operating
        # System Product Name. As long as Microsoft maintains a similar format
        # this should be future proof
        import win32api  # pylint: disable=3rd-party-module-not-gated
        import win32con  # pylint: disable=3rd-party-module-not-gated

        # Get the product name from the registry
        hkey = win32con.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
        key = 'SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion'
        value_name = 'ProductName'
        reg_handle = win32api.RegOpenKey(hkey, key)

        # Returns a tuple of (product_name, value_type)
        product_name, _ = win32api.RegQueryValueEx(reg_handle, value_name)

        version = 'Unknown'
        release = ''
        if 'Server' in product_name:
            for item in product_name.split(' '):
                # If it's all digits, then it's version
                if re.match(r'\d+', item):
                    version = item
                # If it starts with R and then numbers, it's the release
                # ie: R2
                if re.match(r'^R\d+$', item):
                    release = item
            release = '{0}Server{1}'.format(version, release)
        else:
            for item in product_name.split(' '):
                # If it's a number, decimal number, Thin or Vista, then it's the
                # version
                if re.match(r'^(\d+(\.\d+)?)|Thin|Vista$', item):
                    version = item
            release = version

        _, ver, sp, extra = platform.win32_ver()
        version = ' '.join([release, ver, sp, extra])
    else:
        version = system_version()
        release = platform.release()

    system = [
        ('system', platform.system()),
        ('dist', ' '.join(linux_distribution(full_distribution_name=False))),
        ('release', release),
        ('machine', platform.machine()),
        ('version', version),
        ('locale', __salt_system_encoding__),
    ]

    for name, attr in system:
        yield name, attr
        continue