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authorBrett Cannon <brett@python.org>2016-06-10 21:37:21 (GMT)
committerBrett Cannon <brett@python.org>2016-06-10 21:37:21 (GMT)
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Issue #27186: Add os.PathLike support to DirEntry
Initial patch thanks to Jelle Zijlstra.
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@@ -1994,6 +1994,9 @@ features:
control over errors, you can catch :exc:`OSError` when calling one of the
``DirEntry`` methods and handle as appropriate.
+ To be directly usable as a path-like object, ``DirEntry`` implements the
+ :class:`os.PathLike` interface.
+
Attributes and methods on a ``DirEntry`` instance are as follows:
.. attribute:: name
@@ -2106,6 +2109,9 @@ features:
.. versionadded:: 3.5
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.6
+ Added support for the :class:`os.PathLike` interface.
+
.. function:: stat(path, \*, dir_fd=None, follow_symlinks=True)