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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 validate_nonce(nonce, secret):
    '''
    Is the nonce one that was generated by this library using the provided secret?
    '''
    nonce_components = nonce.split(':', 2)
    if not len(nonce_components) == 3:
        return False
    timestamp = nonce_components[0]
    salt = nonce_components[1]
    nonce_signature = nonce_components[2]

    calculated_nonce = calculate_nonce(timestamp, secret, salt)

    if not nonce == calculated_nonce:
        return False

    return True