code: def make_type_consistent(s1, s2):
      """If both objects aren't either both string or unicode instances force them to unicode"""
      if isinstance(s1, str) and isinstance(s2, str):
          return s1, s2
  
      elif isinstance(s1, unicode) and isinstance(s2, unicode):
          return s1, s2
  
      else:
          return unicode(s1), unicode(s2)
  
file_path: fuzzywuzzy/fuzzywuzzy/utils.py
imports: from __future__ import unicode_literals
  import sys
  import functools
  from fuzzywuzzy.string_processing import StringProcessor
label_desc: Use image node_id 7 for calling a global function with example usage: make_type_consistent(s1, s2) and returns: s1,  s2, s1,  s2, unicode,  unicode