bpo-31843: sqlite3.connect() now accepts PathLike objects as database name (#4299)

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index ef0c0bf..c7b9af4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -172,9 +172,13 @@ Module functions and constants
 
 .. function:: connect(database[, timeout, detect_types, isolation_level, check_same_thread, factory, cached_statements, uri])
 
-   Opens a connection to the SQLite database file *database*. You can use
-   ``":memory:"`` to open a database connection to a database that resides in RAM
-   instead of on disk.
+   Opens a connection to the SQLite database file *database*. By default returns a
+   :class:`Connection` object, unless a custom *factory* is given.
+
+   *database* is a :term:`path-like object` giving the pathname (absolute or
+   relative to the current  working directory) of the database file to be opened.
+   You can use ``":memory:"`` to open a database connection to a database that
+   resides in RAM instead of on disk.
 
    When a database is accessed by multiple connections, and one of the processes
    modifies the database, the SQLite database is locked until that transaction is
@@ -223,6 +227,9 @@ Module functions and constants
    .. versionchanged:: 3.4
       Added the *uri* parameter.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.7
+      *database* can now also be a :term:`path-like object`, not only a string.
+
 
 .. function:: register_converter(typename, callable)