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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 absolute_path(user_path):
 """ Some paths must be made absolute, this will attempt to convert them. """

    if os.path.abspath(user_path):
        return unix_path_coercion(user_path)
    else:
        try:
            openaccess_epub.utils.evaluate_relative_path(relative=user_path)
        except:
            raise ValidationError('This path could not be rendered as absolute')