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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_input_column(self, column):
 """Make sure a passed column is our column. """

        if column != self.column and column.unspecialize() != self.column:
            raise ValueError("Can't load unknown column %s" % column)