[issue43958] Importlib.metadata docs claim PackagePath is a Path subclass

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset 049e98b2b74cdcd462f31720c24ab6ebff599d9f by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.9': [3.9] bpo-43958: Document importlib.metadata.PackagePath.locate method (GH-25669) (GH-27221) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/049e98b2b74cdcd462f31720c24a

[issue43958] Importlib.metadata docs claim PackagePath is a Path subclass

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[issue43958] Importlib.metadata docs claim PackagePath is a Path subclass

Jason R. Coombs added the comment: Thanks Paul! -- nosy: +jaraco resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue43958] Importlib.metadata docs claim PackagePath is a Path subclass

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[issue43958] Importlib.metadata docs claim PackagePath is a Path subclass

New submission from Paul Moore : The importlib.metadata documentation states that the PackagePath class is "a pathlib.Path derived object". This isn't true - it's a PurePath subclass, and in particular it does not have a resolve() method. In fact, it has an undocumented custom locate() method