"""
Return the absolute version of a path. If 'base' is given and 'path' is relative,
the path will be expanded relative to 'base'.
'path' must be a Unicode string. 'base', if given, must be a Unicode string
corresponding to an absolute path as returned by a previous call to
abspath_expanduser_unicode.
"""
Return the absolute version of a path. If 'base' is given and 'path' is relative,
the path will be expanded relative to 'base'.
'path' must be a Unicode string. 'base', if given, must be a Unicode string
corresponding to an absolute path as returned by a previous call to
abspath_expanduser_unicode.
"""
if not isinstance(path, unicode):
raise AssertionError("paths must be Unicode strings")
"""
if not isinstance(path, unicode):
raise AssertionError("paths must be Unicode strings")