PLEASE HELP ME CONVERT C++ TO PYTHON

[ege yay]

string laceStrings(const string& s1, const string& s2)
{
if (s1.empty())
return s2;
if (s2.empty())
return s1;

string laced;
laced.resize(s1.size() + s2.size());

int i = 0, pos = 0;
int size = std::min(s1.size(), s2.size());

// interlace common lengths substrings
for ( ; i < size; ++i)
{
    laced\[pos++\] = s1\[i\];
    laced\[pos++\] = s2\[i\];
}

// append the remainder of longer string
if (s1.size() >= s2.size())
    for ( ; i < s1.size(); ++i)
        laced\[pos++\] = s1\[i\];
else
    for ( ; i < s2.size(); ++i)
        laced\[pos++\] = s2\[i\];

return laced;

}

PLEASE CONVERT İT TO PYTHON

[Aescleal]

Write it in idiomatic C++ (using boost) and if you know any Python at all it'll click straight away.