[issue32642] add support for path-like objects in sys.path

Change by Noam Cohen : -- nosy: +ncohen nosy_count: 8.0 -> 9.0 pull_requests: +30196 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/32118 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issu

[issue32642] add support for path-like objects in sys.path

Noam Cohen added the comment: You've got a point. But in my opinion path-like object usage should be intuitive and users should not worry about converting it into string in some of the places. What do you feel about sub-classing list for sys.path and converting path-like objects

[issue32642] add support for path-like objects in sys.path

Noam Cohen added the comment: So I've got in mind a PyListObject subclass with calls to PyOS_FSPath before insert, append, extend and __getitem__. But I feel like this is an overkill; also, extend function might be trickier to implement. Do any of you have better

[issue32642] add support for path-like objects in sys.path

Noam Cohen added the comment: that's why pre-insert conversion was suggested. path-like objects could still be added to sys.path, while converting to str upon insert, preserving sys.path's bytes and strings only policy. -- ___ Pyth