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Title: Support path objects in the ntpath module
Type: enhancement Stage: test needed
Components: Library (Lib), Windows Versions: Python 3.6
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Status: closed Resolution: duplicate
Dependencies: Superseder: Update os.path for PEP 519/__fspath__()
View: 27524
Assigned To: Nosy List: brett.cannon, eryksun, ethan.furman, paul.moore, serhiy.storchaka, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2016-06-02 17:30 by ethan.furman, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (8)
msg267019 - (view) Author: Eryk Sun (eryksun) * (Python triager) Date: 2016-06-03 01:36
nt is the module name for posixmodule.c on Windows, so I'm changing the title to reference ntpath instead. 

Regarding nt, two of its built-in functions are exposed directly in ntpath. _isdir is imported as isdir, so it needs a wrapper to support __fspath__. Only pathlib uses _getfinalpathname, so for now I think it can be handled there. There's also nt._getdiskusage, which is only used by shutil.disk_usage. For some reason the PEP doesn't mention updating shutil to support __fspath__.
msg267039 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-06-03 05:00
Please don't change os.path until all other module will be changed. It may be that os.path would not need any change at all.
msg267047 - (view) Author: Eryk Sun (eryksun) * (Python triager) Date: 2016-06-03 05:43
Sorry, I must have missed or misunderstood something. PEP 519 discusses modifying os.path. For the os module it only discusses adding fspath and updating fsencode and fsdecode. It also discusses a new PyOS_FSPath C API, but without any discussion regarding its use in the implementation of the posix / nt module, or regarding what built-in os functions should support __fspath__.
msg267104 - (view) Author: Ethan Furman (ethan.furman) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-06-03 14:58
@Serhy:  Isn't that backwards?  I would think that by doing os.path first most other libraries would not have to change.
msg267138 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-06-03 19:08
I think that if some high-level function uses os.path, it likely should convert Path argument to str either because the path should be saved as a string, or for performance if multiple os.path functions are called with the same argument. Note, that some os.path functions will implicitly support path objects if the posix module support it.

Let first find the functions that need path objects support in os.path.
msg267144 - (view) Author: Ethan Furman (ethan.furman) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-06-03 19:22
The expected scenario, and the purpose of os.fspath(), is to enable high-level libraries to not know or care if they receive a pathlib object or a string.

In other words, they already have os.path.join() and os.path.split() calls, and currently break noisily if a pathlib.Path is passed in; by enhancing os.path to accept a pathlib.Path object that high-level library can start working with pathlib.Path objects without changing a thing, which means the user of that library can use pathlib.Path painlessly.

Unless I have seriously misunderstood something, os.path will be changed to work with __fspath__ objects.
msg267163 - (view) Author: Brett Cannon (brett.cannon) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-06-03 21:07
os.path will be updated to work with __fspath__() as specified by Guido as part of the conversation for PEP 519 (IOW listing os.path as being updated in PEP 519 is not an accident).
msg272053 - (view) Author: Brett Cannon (brett.cannon) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-08-05 19:44
I added support for ntpath as part of issue #27524.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:31adminsetgithub: 71371
2016-08-05 19:44:45brett.cannonsetstatus: open -> closed
superseder: Update os.path for PEP 519/__fspath__()
resolution: duplicate
messages: + msg272053
2016-07-15 21:06:56brett.cannonlinkissue27524 dependencies
2016-06-03 21:07:49brett.cannonsetmessages: + msg267163
2016-06-03 19:22:27ethan.furmansetmessages: + msg267144
2016-06-03 19:08:32serhiy.storchakasetmessages: + msg267138
2016-06-03 14:58:56ethan.furmansetmessages: + msg267104
2016-06-03 05:43:10eryksunsetmessages: + msg267047
2016-06-03 05:00:27serhiy.storchakasetmessages: + msg267039
2016-06-03 01:36:08eryksunsettitle: Support path objects in the nt module -> Support path objects in the ntpath module
nosy: + eryksun, paul.moore, tim.golden, zach.ware, steve.dower

messages: + msg267019

components: + Library (Lib), Windows
2016-06-02 17:40:21ethan.furmansettype: behavior -> enhancement
2016-06-02 17:38:54ethan.furmanlinkissue27182 dependencies
2016-06-02 17:30:06ethan.furmancreate