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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 delete(self, task_id):
 """Deletes a task from a TaskQueue."""

    if isinstance(task_id, RegisteredTask):
      task_id = task_id.id

    def cloud_delete(api):
      api.delete(task_id)

    if len(self._threads):
      self.put(cloud_delete)
    else:
      cloud_delete(self._api)

    return self