code: def join_paths(*paths: str) -> str:
      stripped = (p.strip("/") for p in paths)
      return "/" + posixpath.normpath(posixpath.join(*stripped))
  
imports: import os
  import pathlib
  import posixpath
  import re
  import urllib.parse
  import uuid
  from typing import Any, Tuple
  from mlflow.exceptions import MlflowException
  from mlflow.protos.databricks_pb2 import INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE
  from mlflow.store.db.db_types import DATABASE_ENGINES
  from mlflow.utils.os import is_windows
  from mlflow.utils.validation import _validate_db_type_string
label_desc: Use image node_id 25 for calling a global function with example usage: join_paths() and returns: unknown