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authorBerker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>2016-10-04 17:41:20 (GMT)
committerBerker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>2016-10-04 17:41:20 (GMT)
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Issue #28229: lzma module now supports pathlib
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diff --git a/Doc/library/lzma.rst b/Doc/library/lzma.rst
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+++ b/Doc/library/lzma.rst
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ Reading and writing compressed files
object`.
The *filename* argument can be either an actual file name (given as a
- :class:`str` or :class:`bytes` object), in which case the named file is
- opened, or it can be an existing file object to read from or write to.
+ :class:`str`, :class:`bytes` or :term:`path-like object` object), in
+ which case the named file is opened, or it can be an existing file object
+ to read from or write to.
The *mode* argument can be any of ``"r"``, ``"rb"``, ``"w"``, ``"wb"``,
``"x"``, ``"xb"``, ``"a"`` or ``"ab"`` for binary mode, or ``"rt"``,
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ Reading and writing compressed files
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
Added support for the ``"x"``, ``"xb"`` and ``"xt"`` modes.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.6
+ Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
+
.. class:: LZMAFile(filename=None, mode="r", \*, format=None, check=-1, preset=None, filters=None)
@@ -71,9 +75,10 @@ Reading and writing compressed files
An :class:`LZMAFile` can wrap an already-open :term:`file object`, or operate
directly on a named file. The *filename* argument specifies either the file
- object to wrap, or the name of the file to open (as a :class:`str` or
- :class:`bytes` object). When wrapping an existing file object, the wrapped
- file will not be closed when the :class:`LZMAFile` is closed.
+ object to wrap, or the name of the file to open (as a :class:`str`,
+ :class:`bytes` or :term:`path-like object` object). When wrapping an
+ existing file object, the wrapped file will not be closed when the
+ :class:`LZMAFile` is closed.
The *mode* argument can be either ``"r"`` for reading (default), ``"w"`` for
overwriting, ``"x"`` for exclusive creation, or ``"a"`` for appending. These
@@ -118,6 +123,9 @@ Reading and writing compressed files
The :meth:`~io.BufferedIOBase.read` method now accepts an argument of
``None``.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.6
+ Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
+
Compressing and decompressing data in memory
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