[Python-ideas] `pathlib.Path.write` and `pathlib.Path.read`

[Ram Rachum]

Hi,

I'd really like to have methods `pathlib.Path.write` and 
`pathlib.Path.read`. Untested implementation:

def read(self, binary=False):
    with self.open('br' is binary else 'r') as file:
        return file.read()

def write(self, data. binary=False):
    with self.open('bw' is binary else 'w') as file:
        file.write(data)

This will be super useful to me. Many files actions are one liners like 
that, and avoiding putting the `with` clause in user code would be 
wonderful.

What do you think? 


Thanks,
Ram.
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