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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 43af006..fe17595 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -778,6 +778,16 @@ Glossary One of the default :term:`meta path finders <meta path finder>` which searches an :term:`import path` for modules. + path-like object + An object representing a file system path. A path-like object is either + a :class:`str` or :class:`bytes` object representing a path, or an object + implementing the :class:`os.PathLike` protocol. An object that supports + the :class:`os.PathLike` protocol can be converted to a :class:`str` or + :class:`bytes` file system path by calling the :func:`os.fspath` function; + :func:`os.fsdecode` and :func:`os.fsencode` can be used to guarantee a + :class:`str` or :class:`bytes` result instead, respectively. Introduced + by :pep:`519`. + portion A set of files in a single directory (possibly stored in a zip file) that contribute to a namespace package, as defined in :pep:`420`. |