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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(self):
 """Explicitly drop this pointer. The memory will be deallocated via the drop_ffi_call_fn passed to the constructor. """

        if self._ptr:
            LIBRARY.call(self._drop_ffi_fn, self._ptr)
            self._ptr = None