[issue30235] Validate shutil supports path-like objects, update docs accordingly

Giampaolo Rodola' added the comment: One thing to note is the copy_function parameter: if a path-like object is given as input should the copy_function receive the same object instead of a path string? >>> copytree(path_like_src, path_like_dst, copy_function=foo) Because of issue33695 in

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Mickaël Schoentgen added the comment: There is another place where the use of Path objects is not yet working: when move() is given a directory as argument. A patch is in review in issue32689. -- ___ Python tracker

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New submission from Brett Cannon: If you look at the docs for shutil (https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html), you will notice all over it says things like "path names given as strings". The question is whether that statement is true in the face of path-like objects? If it is true then