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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 remote(self, func, *args, xfer_func=None, **kwargs):
 """Calls func with the indicated args on the micropython board."""

        global HAS_BUFFER
        HAS_BUFFER = self.has_buffer
        if hasattr(func, 'extra_funcs'):
          func_name = func.name
          func_lines = []
          for extra_func in func.extra_funcs:
            func_lines += inspect.getsource(extra_func).split('\n')
            func_lines += ['']
          func_lines += filter(lambda line: line[:1] != '@', func.source.split('\n'))
          func_src = '\n'.join(func_lines)
        else:
          func_name = func.__name__
          func_src = inspect.getsource(func)
        args_arr = [remote_repr(i) for i in args]
        kwargs_arr = ["{}={}".format(k, remote_repr(v)) for k, v in kwargs.items()]
        func_src += 'output = ' + func_name + '('
        func_src += ', '.join(args_arr + kwargs_arr)
        func_src += ')\n'
        func_src += 'if output is None:\n'
        func_src += '    print("None")\n'
        func_src += 'else:\n'
        func_src += '    print(output)\n'
        time_offset = self.time_offset
        if self.adjust_for_timezone:
          time_offset -= time.localtime().tm_gmtoff
        func_src = func_src.replace('TIME_OFFSET', '{}'.format(time_offset))
        func_src = func_src.replace('HAS_BUFFER', '{}'.format(HAS_BUFFER))
        func_src = func_src.replace('BUFFER_SIZE', '{}'.format(BUFFER_SIZE))
        func_src = func_src.replace('IS_UPY', 'True')
        if DEBUG:
            print('----- About to send %d bytes of code to the pyboard -----' % len(func_src))
            print(func_src)
            print('-----')
        self.check_pyb()
        try:
            self.pyb.enter_raw_repl()
            self.check_pyb()
            output = self.pyb.exec_raw_no_follow(func_src)
            if xfer_func:
                xfer_func(self, *args, **kwargs)
            self.check_pyb()
            output, _ = self.pyb.follow(timeout=20)
            self.check_pyb()
            self.pyb.exit_raw_repl()
        except (serial.serialutil.SerialException, TypeError):
            self.close()
            raise DeviceError('serial port %s closed' % self.dev_name_short)
        if DEBUG:
            print('-----Response-----')
            print(output)
            print('-----')
        return output