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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 drop_partition(self, spec):
 """ Drop an existing table partition """

        part_schema = self.partition_schema()
        stmt = ddl.DropPartition(self._qualified_name, spec, part_schema)
        return self._execute(stmt)