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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index efa5bd3..7216f1d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -878,11 +878,11 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. Open *file* and return a corresponding :term:`file object`. If the file cannot be opened, an :exc:`OSError` is raised. - *file* is either a string or bytes object giving the pathname (absolute or - relative to the current working directory) of the file to be opened or - an integer file descriptor of the file to be wrapped. (If a file descriptor - is given, it is closed when the returned I/O object is closed, unless - *closefd* is set to ``False``.) + *file* is either a string, bytes, or :class:`os.PathLike` object giving the + pathname (absolute or relative to the current working directory) of the file + to be opened or an integer file descriptor of the file to be wrapped. (If a + file descriptor is given, it is closed when the returned I/O object is + closed, unless *closefd* is set to ``False``.) *mode* is an optional string that specifies the mode in which the file is opened. It defaults to ``'r'`` which means open for reading in text mode. @@ -1077,6 +1077,9 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. .. versionchanged:: 3.5 The ``'namereplace'`` error handler was added. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Support added to accept objects implementing :class:`os.PathLike`. + .. function:: ord(c) Given a string representing one Unicode character, return an integer |