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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 delete(self):
 """ Deletes the object. Returns without doing anything if the object is new. """


        if not self.id:
            return
        if not self._loaded:
            self.reload()
        return self.http_delete(self.id, etag=self.etag)