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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 remove_component(self, name):
 """Removes an existing component with a given name, invalidating all the values computed by the previous component."""

        if name not in self.components:
            raise Exception("No component named %s" % name)
        del self.components[name]
        del self.depends[name]
        for p in self.provides[name]:
            del self.whoprovides[p]
            self.invalidate(p)
        del self.provides[name]