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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 hint(self, name, *parameters):
 """Specifies some hint on the current DataFrame. :param name: A name of the hint. :param parameters: Optional parameters. :return: :class:`DataFrame` +----+---+------+ |name|age|height| +----+---+------+ | Bob| 5| 85| +----+---+------+ """

        if len(parameters) == 1 and isinstance(parameters[0], list):
            parameters = parameters[0]

        if not isinstance(name, str):
            raise TypeError("name should be provided as str, got {0}".format(type(name)))

        allowed_types = (basestring, list, float, int)
        for p in parameters:
            if not isinstance(p, allowed_types):
                raise TypeError(
                    "all parameters should be in {0}, got {1} of type {2}".format(
                        allowed_types, p, type(p)))

        jdf = self._jdf.hint(name, self._jseq(parameters))
        return DataFrame(jdf, self.sql_ctx)