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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 _is_path(s):
 """Return whether an object is a path."""

    if isinstance(s, string_types):
        try:
            return op.exists(s)
        except (OSError, ValueError):
            return False
    else:
        return False