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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 resolve_push_to(push_to, default_url, default_namespace):
    '''
    Given a push-to value, return the registry and namespace.

    :param push_to: string: User supplied --push-to value.
    :param default_url: string: Container engine's default_index value (e.g. docker.io).
    :return: tuple: registry_url, namespace
    '''
    protocol = 'http://' if push_to.startswith('http://') else 'https://'
    url = push_to = REMOVE_HTTP.sub('', push_to)
    namespace = default_namespace
    parts = url.split('/', 1)
    special_set = {'.', ':'}
    char_set = set([c for c in parts[0]])

    if len(parts) == 1:
        if not special_set.intersection(char_set) and parts[0] != 'localhost':
            registry_url = default_url
            namespace = push_to
        else:
            registry_url = protocol + parts[0]
    else:
        registry_url = protocol + parts[0]
        namespace = parts[1]
    return registry_url, namespace