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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 _nic_profile(profile_name, hypervisor, dmac=None):
    '''
    Compute NIC data based on profile
    '''

    default = [{'eth0': {}}]

    # support old location
    config_data = __salt__['config.option']('virt.nic', {}).get(
        profile_name, None
    )

    if config_data is not None:
        salt.utils.versions.warn_until(
            'Sodium',
            '\'virt.nic\' has been deprecated in favor of \'virt:nic\'. '
            '\'virt.nic\' will stop being used in {version}.'
        )
    else:
        config_data = __salt__['config.get']('virt:nic', {}).get(
            profile_name, default
        )

    interfaces = []

    # pylint: disable=invalid-name
    def append_dict_profile_to_interface_list(profile_dict):
        '''
        Append dictionary profile data to interfaces list
        '''
        for interface_name, attributes in six.iteritems(profile_dict):
            attributes['name'] = interface_name
            interfaces.append(attributes)

    # old style dicts (top-level dicts)
    #
    # virt:
    #    nic:
    #        eth0:
    #            bridge: br0
    #        eth1:
    #            network: test_net
    if isinstance(config_data, dict):
        append_dict_profile_to_interface_list(config_data)

    # new style lists (may contain dicts)
    #
    # virt:
    #   nic:
    #     - eth0:
    #         bridge: br0
    #     - eth1:
    #         network: test_net
    #
    # virt:
    #   nic:
    #     - name: eth0
    #       bridge: br0
    #     - name: eth1
    #       network: test_net
    elif isinstance(config_data, list):
        for interface in config_data:
            if isinstance(interface, dict):
                if len(interface) == 1:
                    append_dict_profile_to_interface_list(interface)
                else:
                    interfaces.append(interface)

    # dmac can only be used from init()
    return _complete_nics(interfaces, hypervisor, dmac=dmac)