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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_assc_pruned(assc_geneid2gos, min_genecnt=None, max_genecnt=None, prt=sys.stdout):
 """Remove GO IDs associated with large numbers of genes. Used in stochastic simulations."""

    # DEFN WAS: get_assc_pruned(assc_geneid2gos, max_genecnt=None, prt=sys.stdout):
    #      ADDED min_genecnt argument and functionality
    if max_genecnt is None and min_genecnt is None:
        return assc_geneid2gos, set()
    go2genes_orig = get_b2aset(assc_geneid2gos)
    # go2genes_prun = {go:gs for go, gs in go2genes_orig.items() if len(gs) <= max_genecnt}
    go2genes_prun = {}
    for goid, genes in go2genes_orig.items():
        num_genes = len(genes)
        if (min_genecnt is None or num_genes >= min_genecnt) and \
           (max_genecnt is None or num_genes <= max_genecnt):
            go2genes_prun[goid] = genes
    num_was = len(go2genes_orig)
    num_now = len(go2genes_prun)
    gos_rm = set(go2genes_orig.keys()).difference(set(go2genes_prun.keys()))
    assert num_was-num_now == len(gos_rm)
    if prt is not None:
        if min_genecnt is None:
            min_genecnt = 1
        if max_genecnt is None:
            max_genecnt = "Max"
        prt.write("{N:4} GO IDs pruned. Kept {NOW} GOs assc w/({m} to {M} genes)\n".format(
            m=min_genecnt, M=max_genecnt, N=num_was-num_now, NOW=num_now))
    return get_b2aset(go2genes_prun), gos_rm