code: def alter(
          self,
          location=None,
          format=None,
          tbl_properties=None,
          serde_properties=None,
      ):
          
  
          def _run_ddl(**kwds):
              stmt = ddl.AlterTable(self._qualified_name, **kwds)
              return self._execute(stmt)
  
          return self._alter_table_helper(
              _run_ddl,
              location=location,
              format=format,
              tbl_properties=tbl_properties,
              serde_properties=serde_properties,
          )
docs: Change setting and parameters of the table.
  
          Parameters
          ----------
          location : string, optional
            For partitioned tables, you may want the alter_partition function
          format : string, optional
          tbl_properties : dict, optional
          serde_properties : dict, optional
  
          Returns
          -------
          None (for now)