code: def _expand_user(path):
      """Expand paths that use ~."""
      if isinstance(path, str):
          path = os.path.expanduser(path)
      elif isinstance(path, Path):
          path = path.expanduser()
      return path
  
imports: import os
  from packaging.version import Version
  from pathlib import Path
  import warnings
  import numpy
  import pandas
  from pandas.api.types import is_integer_dtype
  import pyproj
  from shapely.geometry import mapping
  from shapely.geometry.base import BaseGeometry
  from geopandas import GeoDataFrame, GeoSeries
  from urllib.parse import urlparse
  from urllib.parse import uses_netloc, uses_params, uses_relative
  import urllib.request
  from geopandas._compat import PANDAS_GE_20
label_desc: Use image node_id 6 for calling a global function with example usage: _expand_user(path) and returns: path