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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(table, where=(), **kwargs):

 """Convenience wrapper for database DELETE."""

    where = dict(where, **kwargs).items()
    sql, args = makeSQL("DELETE", table, where=where)
    return execute(sql, args).rowcount