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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 task_absent(name):
    '''
    Ensure that a task is absent from Kapacitor.

    name
        Name of the task.
    '''
    ret = {'name': name, 'changes': {}, 'result': True, 'comment': ''}

    task = __salt__['kapacitor.get_task'](name)

    if task:
        if __opts__['test']:
            ret['result'] = None
            ret['comment'] = 'Task would have been deleted'
        else:
            result = __salt__['kapacitor.delete_task'](name)
            ret['result'] = result['success']
            if not ret['result']:
                ret['comment'] = 'Could not disable task'
                if result.get('stderr'):
                    ret['comment'] += '\n' + result['stderr']
                return ret
            ret['comment'] = 'Task was deleted'
        ret['changes'][name] = 'deleted'
    else:
        ret['comment'] = 'Task does not exist'

    return ret