[Python-Dev] Removing the provisional label from pathlib

[Brett Cannon]

On Fri, 20 May 2016 at 09:56 Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> Let's start in 3.6 with all this. I added path to 3.4 because I didn't
> realize it was in security-mode only. I've now undone all my work
> there. Let's not disturb it again, not even its docs.
>
> I don't think there's an "upstream" repo for pathlib (like there still
> is for asyncio) and I don't think there's much of a point in
> supporting __fspath__ in pathlib if there's no os.fspath(). It would
> only encourage hackery in apps that want to play with __fspath__.
>

WFM. I'll let 3.4 and 3.5 just stay as they are and make all PEP 519
changes a 3.6 thing.

I'll update the implementation task list shortly.

-Brett


>
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> > Three questions:
> >
> > Should pathlib gain __fspath__() all the way back to 3.4?
> > Should pathlib's constructor support __fspath__() all the way back to
> 3.4?
> > (separate question as os.fspath() will only be in 3.6; and if we backport
> > I'm not looking forward to making Typeshed happy w/o os.PathLike being
> > available only in 3.6 :/)
> > Should the docs from 3.4 and forward reflect the removal of the
> provisional
> > status? (I assume yes, but wanted to double-check)
> >
> > And a quick thanks to Guido for removing `path` from pathlib for me
> already.
> > :)
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