New submission from Barney Gale <barney.g...@gmail.com>:
This is one of a series of bug reports / PRs that lay the groundwork for making pathlib extensible. See here for detail: https://discuss.python.org/t/make-pathlib-extensible/3428 Currently `_Accessor.open()` is expected to function like `os.open()` and return a file descriptor. I'd suggest this interface is too low-level if our eventual aim is to allow users to implement their own accessor. It would be better is `_Accessor.open()` is expected to function like `io.open()` and return a file object. That way, accessors don't need to deal with file descriptors at all, which is important if they're working with remote filesystems. I'm planning to wait for bpo-39895 / gh-18838 to land before starting work on this. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 365283 nosy: barneygale priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: pathlib: make `_Accessor.open()` return a file object and not a file descriptor type: enhancement versions: Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue40107> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
