code: def test_distance_alignment_path(dist):
      """Test the distance paths."""
      if dist.dist_alignment_path_func is not None:
          if dist.canonical_name == "edr":
              return
  
          x = create_test_distance_numpy(10, 1)
          y = create_test_distance_numpy(10, 1, random_state=2)
          _validate_distance_alignment_path_result(
              x=x,
              y=y,
              metric_str=dist.canonical_name,
              distance_path_callable=dist.dist_alignment_path_func,
          )
  
imports: import numpy
  import pytest
  from sktime.distances._distance import _METRIC_INFOS, distance, distance_alignment_path
  from sktime.distances.tests._utils import create_test_distance_numpy
  from sktime.utils.validation._dependencies import _check_soft_dependencies
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: test_distance_alignment_path(dist) without return types