New submission from Barney Gale <barney.g...@gmail.com>:
The docs for NotImplementedError say: > In user defined base classes, abstract methods should raise this exception > when they require derived classes to override the method, or while the class > is being developed to indicate that the real implementation still needs to be > added. pathlib's use of NotImplementedError appears to be more broad. It can be raised in the following circumstances: 1. When attempting to construct a WindowsPath from a non-Windows system, and vice-versa. This is the only case where NotImplementedError is mentioned in the pathlib docs (in a repl example) 2. In glob() and rglob() when an absolute path is supplied as a pattern 3. In owner() if the pwd module isn't available 4. In group() if the grp module isn't available 5. In readlink() if os.readlink() isn't available 6. In symlink_to() if os.symlink() isn't available 7. In hardlink_to() if os.hardlink() isn't available 8. In WindowsPath.is_mount(), unconditionally I suspect there are better choices for exception types in all these cases. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 413142 nosy: barneygale priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: pathlib.Path methods can raise NotImplementedError type: behavior versions: Python 3.11 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue46733> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
