They are alternate constructors which only accept numbers
(including objects with special methods __float__, __complex__
and __index__), but not strings.
It is our general practice to make new optional parameters keyword-only,
even if the existing parameters are all positional-or-keyword. Passing
this parameter as positional would look confusing and could be error-prone
if additional parameters are added in the future.
Add *preserve_metadata* keyword-only argument to `pathlib.Path.copy()`, defaulting to false. When set to true, we copy timestamps, permissions, extended attributes and flags where available, like `shutil.copystat()`. The argument has no effect on Windows, where metadata is always copied.
Internally (in the pathlib ABCs), path types gain `_readable_metadata` and `_writable_metadata` attributes. These sets of strings describe what kinds of metadata can be retrieved and stored. We take an intersection of `source._readable_metadata` and `target._writable_metadata` to minimise reads/writes. A new `_read_metadata()` method accepts a set of metadata keys and returns a dict with those keys, and a new `_write_metadata()` method accepts a dict of metadata. We *might* make these public in future, but it's hard to justify while the ABCs are still private.
In `{str,bytes}.strip(chars)`, multiple characters are not treated as a
prefix/suffix, but as individual characters. This may make users confuse
whether `split` has similar behavior.
Users may incorrectly expect that
`'Good morning, John.'.split(', .') == ['Good', 'morning', 'John']`
Adding a bit of clarification in the doc.
Co-authored-by: Yuxin Wu <ppwwyyxx@users.noreply.github.com>
This amends 6988ff02a5: memory allocation for
stginfo->ffi_type_pointer.elements in PyCSimpleType_init() should be
more generic (perhaps someday fmt->pffi_type->elements will be not a
two-elements array).
It should finally resolve#61103.
Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
Co-authored-by: Bénédikt Tran <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Check for `ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER` when calling `_winapi.CopyFile2()` and
raise `UnsupportedOperation`. In `Path.copy()`, handle this exception and
fall back to the `PathBase.copy()` implementation.
Add dedicated subsection for `home()`, `expanduser()`, `cwd()`,
`absolute()`, `resolve()` and `readlink()`. The position of this section
keeps all the `Path` constructors (`Path()`, `Path.from_uri()`,
`Path.home()` and `Path.cwd()`) near the top. Within the section, closely
related methods are kept adjacent. Specifically:
-.`home()` and `expanduser()` (the former calls the latter)
- `cwd()` and `absolute()` (the former calls the latter)
- `absolute()` and `resolve()` (both make paths absolute)
- `resolve()` and `readlink()` (both read symlink targets)
- Ditto `cwd()` and `absolute()`
- Ditto `absolute()` and `resolve()`
The "Other methods" section is removed.
* Move pprinter parameters description to the table
The change improves readability.
Suggested in the GH#116085 PR discussion.
* Make pprint doc with params markup
* Fix formatting
Indentation of code blocks made them nested
"Version changed" is better placed after the code block
* Fix formatting for tests
* fix code indentation for autotests
* Fix identation for autotests
* Remove duplication of the parameters' description
* Rearrange parameters description in a correct order
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Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Add dedicated subsection for `pathlib.owner()`, `group()`, `chmod()` and
`lchmod()`.
Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Add `pathlib.Path.copytree()` method, which recursively copies one
directory to another.
This differs from `shutil.copytree()` in the following respects:
1. Our method has a *follow_symlinks* argument, whereas shutil's has a
*symlinks* argument with an inverted meaning.
2. Our method lacks something like a *copy_function* argument. It always
uses `Path.copy()` to copy files.
3. Our method lacks something like a *ignore_dangling_symlinks* argument.
Instead, users can filter out danging symlinks with *ignore*, or
ignore exceptions with *on_error*
4. Our *ignore* argument is a callable that accepts a single path object,
whereas shutil's accepts a path and a list of child filenames.
5. We add an *on_error* argument, which is a callable that accepts
an `OSError` instance. (`Path.walk()` also accepts such a callable).
Co-authored-by: Nice Zombies <nineteendo19d0@gmail.com>
Add support for not following symlinks in `pathlib.Path.copy()`.
On Windows we add the `COPY_FILE_COPY_SYMLINK` flag is following symlinks is disabled. If the source is symlink to a directory, this call will fail with `ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED`. In this case we add `COPY_FILE_DIRECTORY` to the flags and retry. This can fail on old Windowses, which we note in the docs.
No news as `copy()` was only just added.
The `inspect.ismethoddescriptor()` function did not check for the lack of
`__delete__()` and, consequently, erroneously returned True when applied
to *data* descriptors with only `__get__()` and `__delete__()` defined.
Co-authored-by: Bénédikt Tran <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Alyssa Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>
