[Python-ideas] Dunder method to make object str-like

[Donald Stufft]

> On Apr 7, 2016, at 3:17 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> 
> The ternary operator one-liner is backwards-compatible while the ABC is only forward-compatible.

I like the idea of doing both. Make a __fspath__ method and pathlib.fspath that uses it, and then have
an ABC that checks for the existence of __fspath__.

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