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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 persist(self, name, partitions=None, partition=None, lifecycle=None, project=None, **kwargs):
 """ Persist the execution into a new table. If `partitions` not specified, will create a new table without partitions if the table does not exist, and insert the SQL result into it. If `partitions` are specified, they will be the partition fields of the new table. If `partition` is specified, the data will be inserted into the exact partition of the table. :param name: table name :param partitions: list of string, the partition fields :type partitions: list :param partition: persist to a specified partition :type partition: string or PartitionSpec :param lifecycle: table lifecycle. If absent, `options.lifecycle` will be used. :type lifecycle: int :param project: project name, if not provided, will be the default project :param hints: settings for SQL, e.g. `odps.sql.mapper.split.size` :type hints: dict :param priority: instance priority, 9 as default :type priority: int :param running_cluster: cluster to run this instance :param overwrite: overwrite the table, True as default :type overwrite: bool :param drop_table: drop table if exists, False as default :type drop_table: bool :param create_table: create table first if not exits, True as default :type create_table: bool :param drop_partition: drop partition if exists, False as default :type drop_partition: bool :param create_partition: create partition if not exists, None as default :type create_partition: bool :param cast: cast all columns' types as the existed table, False as default :type cast: bool :return: :class:`odps.df.DataFrame` :Example: """

        if lifecycle is None and options.lifecycle is not None:
            lifecycle = \
                options.lifecycle if not name.startswith(TEMP_TABLE_PREFIX) \
                    else options.temp_lifecycle

        return self._handle_delay_call('persist', self, name, partitions=partitions, partition=partition,
                                       lifecycle=lifecycle, project=project, **kwargs)