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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 normalize_path(path, resolve_symlinks=True):
 # type: (str, bool) -> str """ Convert a path to its canonical, case-normalized, absolute version. """

    path = expanduser(path)
    if resolve_symlinks:
        path = os.path.realpath(path)
    else:
        path = os.path.abspath(path)
    return os.path.normcase(path)