[issue20218] Add methods to `pathlib.Path`: `write_text`, `read_text`, `write_bytes`, `read_bytes`

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou added the comment:

> "I don't think "append" and "exclusive" deserve to be arguments here.
> write_bytes()/write_text() is a convenience method for the common use case."
> 
> Are you suggesting that these features be removed?

Yes.
For "append", the reason is simple. The use case for appending is really
repeated appending (e.g. writing to a log file), so providing a
convenience for one-shot appending doesn't make sense.
For "exclusive", it's not used often enough to warrant such a shortcut.

I don't want these APIs to become kitchen sink APIs.

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