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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 get_xml_parser(encoding=None):
 """Returns an ``etree.ETCompatXMLParser`` instance."""

    parser = etree.ETCompatXMLParser(
        huge_tree=True,
        remove_comments=True,
        strip_cdata=False,
        remove_blank_text=True,
        resolve_entities=False,
        encoding=encoding
    )

    return parser