Issue #27186: Add os.PathLike support to pathlib.

This adds support both to pathlib.PurePath's constructor as well as
implementing __fspath__(). This removes the provisional status for
pathlib.

Initial patch by Dusty Phillips.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f382b3f..8eaed23 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ What's New in Python 3.6.0 alpha 2
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #27186: Add support for os.PathLike objects to open() (part of PEP 519).
+
 - Issue #27066: Fixed SystemError if a custom opener (for open()) returns a
   negative number without setting an exception.
 
@@ -36,6 +38,14 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #27186: Add os.PathLike support to pathlib, removing its provisional
+  status (part of PEP 519).
+
+- Issue #27186: Add support for os.PathLike objects to os.fsencode() and
+  os.fsdecode() (part of PEP 519).
+
+- Issue #27186: Introduce os.PathLike and os.fspath() (part of PEP 519).
+
 - A new version of typing.py provides several new classes and
   features: @overload outside stubs, Reversible, DefaultDict, Text,
   ContextManager, Type[], NewType(), TYPE_CHECKING, and numerous bug
@@ -198,12 +208,14 @@ Build
 Misc
 ----
 
-- Issue #17500, and https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/issues/945: Remove 
+- Issue #17500, and https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/issues/945: Remove
   unused and outdated icons.
 
 C API
 -----
 
+- Issue #27186: Add the PyOS_FSPath() function (part of PEP 519).
+
 - Issue #26282: PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords() now supports positional-only
   parameters.