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Improve test suite handling of paths, temp files #3957

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What do these changes do?

This updates most uses of os.path to instead use pathlib.Path.
Relatedly, and following up from #3955 (which replaced pytest's tmpdir
fixture with tmp_path), this removes most ad-hoc tempfile creation in
favor of the tmp_path fixture. Following conversion, unnecessary os
and tempfile imports were removed.

Most pathlib changes involve straightforward changes from os functions
such as os.mkdir or os.path.abspath to their equivalent methods in
pathlib.Path.

Changing ad-hoc temporary path to tmp_path involved removing the
tmp_dir_path fixture and replacing its functionality with tmp_path
in test_save_load and test_guess_filename_with_tempfile.

On test_static_route_user_home function:

  • I think that the intention of this test is to ensure that aiohttp
    correctly expands the home path if passed in a string. I refactored it
    to pathlib.Path and cut out duplication of relative_to() calls.
    But if it's not doing anything but expanding ~, then it's testing the
    functionality of pathlib.Path, not aiohttp.

On unix_sockname fixture:

This fixture uses tempfile.TemporaryDirectory. Because it's a somewhat
complicated fixture used across multiple test modules, I left it as-is
for now.

On str(tmp_path) and even pathlib.Path(str(tmp_path)):

pytest uses pathlib2 to provide tmp_path for Python 3.5 (only).
This is mostly fine but it fails on a couple of corner cases, such as
os.symlink() which blocks all but str and PurePath via isinstance
type checking. In several cases, this requires conversion to string or
conversion to string and then into pathlib.Path to maintain code
compatibility. See: pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5017

Are there changes in behavior for the user?

These changes only affect the test suite and have no impact on the end user.

Related issue number

This is intended to address discussion following the simplistic changes from tmpdir to tmp_path of #3955.

Checklist

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  • Unit tests for the changes exist
  • Documentation reflects the changes
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vaneseltine commented Aug 2, 2019

Ah, I see the url issue in AppVeyor. I'll have to fire up my Windows box.

This updates most uses of `os.path` to instead use `pathlib.Path`.
Relatedly, and following up from aio-libs#3955 (which replaced pytest's `tmpdir`
fixture with `tmp_path`), this removes most ad-hoc tempfile creation in
favor of the `tmp_path` fixture. Following conversion, unnecessary `os`
and `tempfile` imports were removed.

Most pathlib changes involve straightforward changes from `os` functions
such as `os.mkdir` or `os.path.abspath` to their equivalent methods in
`pathlib.Path`.

Changing ad-hoc temporary path to `tmp_path` involved removing the
`tmp_dir_path` fixture and replacing its functionality with `tmp_path`
in `test_save_load` and `test_guess_filename_with_tempfile`.

On `test_static_route_user_home` function:

* I think that the intention of this test is to ensure that aiohttp
correctly expands the home path if passed in a string. I refactored it
to `pathlib.Path` and cut out duplication of `relative_to()` calls.
But if it's not doing anything but expanding `~`, then it's testing the
functionality of `pathlib.Path`, not aiohttp.

On `unix_sockname` fixture:

This fixture uses `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory`. Because it's a somewhat
complicated fixture used across multiple test modules, I left it as-is
for now.

On `str(tmp_path)` and even `pathlib.Path(str(tmp_path))`:

pytest uses `pathlib2` to provide `tmp_path` for Python 3.5 (only).
This is mostly fine but it fails on a couple of corner cases, such as
`os.symlink()` which blocks all but `str` and `PurePath` via isinstance
type checking. In several cases, this requires conversion to string or
conversion to string and then into `pathlib.Path` to maintain code
compatibility. See: pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5017
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@vaneseltine all's fine with that check now.

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@webknjaz please merge when ready and you have no objections/notes

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Backporting merged PR #3957 into master

  1. Ensure you have a local repo clone of your fork. Unless you cloned it
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webknjaz pushed a commit to webknjaz/aiohttp that referenced this pull request Jan 28, 2024
* Improve test suite handling of paths, temp files

This updates most uses of `os.path` to instead use `pathlib.Path`.
Relatedly, and following up from aio-libs#3955 (which replaced pytest's `tmpdir`
fixture with `tmp_path`), this removes most ad-hoc tempfile creation in
favor of the `tmp_path` fixture. Following conversion, unnecessary `os`
and `tempfile` imports were removed.

Most pathlib changes involve straightforward changes from `os` functions
such as `os.mkdir` or `os.path.abspath` to their equivalent methods in
`pathlib.Path`.

Changing ad-hoc temporary path to `tmp_path` involved removing the
`tmp_dir_path` fixture and replacing its functionality with `tmp_path`
in `test_save_load` and `test_guess_filename_with_tempfile`.

On `test_static_route_user_home` function:

* I think that the intention of this test is to ensure that aiohttp
correctly expands the home path if passed in a string. I refactored it
to `pathlib.Path` and cut out duplication of `relative_to()` calls.
But if it's not doing anything but expanding `~`, then it's testing the
functionality of `pathlib.Path`, not aiohttp.

On `unix_sockname` fixture:

This fixture uses `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory`. Because it's a somewhat
complicated fixture used across multiple test modules, I left it as-is
for now.

On `str(tmp_path)` and even `pathlib.Path(str(tmp_path))`:

pytest uses `pathlib2` to provide `tmp_path` for Python 3.5 (only).
This is mostly fine but it fails on a couple of corner cases, such as
`os.symlink()` which blocks all but `str` and `PurePath` via isinstance
type checking. In several cases, this requires conversion to string or
conversion to string and then into `pathlib.Path` to maintain code
compatibility. See: pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5017

* Correct test_guess_filename to use file object

* Update symlink in tests; more guess_filename tests

(cherry picked from commit 79fe204)
webknjaz pushed a commit to webknjaz/aiohttp that referenced this pull request Jan 28, 2024
* Improve test suite handling of paths, temp files

This updates most uses of `os.path` to instead use `pathlib.Path`.
Relatedly, and following up from aio-libs#3955 (which replaced pytest's `tmpdir`
fixture with `tmp_path`), this removes most ad-hoc tempfile creation in
favor of the `tmp_path` fixture. Following conversion, unnecessary `os`
and `tempfile` imports were removed.

Most pathlib changes involve straightforward changes from `os` functions
such as `os.mkdir` or `os.path.abspath` to their equivalent methods in
`pathlib.Path`.

Changing ad-hoc temporary path to `tmp_path` involved removing the
`tmp_dir_path` fixture and replacing its functionality with `tmp_path`
in `test_save_load` and `test_guess_filename_with_tempfile`.

On `test_static_route_user_home` function:

* I think that the intention of this test is to ensure that aiohttp
correctly expands the home path if passed in a string. I refactored it
to `pathlib.Path` and cut out duplication of `relative_to()` calls.
But if it's not doing anything but expanding `~`, then it's testing the
functionality of `pathlib.Path`, not aiohttp.

On `unix_sockname` fixture:

This fixture uses `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory`. Because it's a somewhat
complicated fixture used across multiple test modules, I left it as-is
for now.

On `str(tmp_path)` and even `pathlib.Path(str(tmp_path))`:

pytest uses `pathlib2` to provide `tmp_path` for Python 3.5 (only).
This is mostly fine but it fails on a couple of corner cases, such as
`os.symlink()` which blocks all but `str` and `PurePath` via isinstance
type checking. In several cases, this requires conversion to string or
conversion to string and then into `pathlib.Path` to maintain code
compatibility. See: pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5017

* Correct test_guess_filename to use file object

* Update symlink in tests; more guess_filename tests

(cherry picked from commit 79fe204)
webknjaz pushed a commit to webknjaz/aiohttp that referenced this pull request Jan 28, 2024
* Improve test suite handling of paths, temp files

This updates most uses of `os.path` to instead use `pathlib.Path`.
Relatedly, and following up from aio-libs#3955 (which replaced pytest's `tmpdir`
fixture with `tmp_path`), this removes most ad-hoc tempfile creation in
favor of the `tmp_path` fixture. Following conversion, unnecessary `os`
and `tempfile` imports were removed.

Most pathlib changes involve straightforward changes from `os` functions
such as `os.mkdir` or `os.path.abspath` to their equivalent methods in
`pathlib.Path`.

Changing ad-hoc temporary path to `tmp_path` involved removing the
`tmp_dir_path` fixture and replacing its functionality with `tmp_path`
in `test_save_load` and `test_guess_filename_with_tempfile`.

On `test_static_route_user_home` function:

* I think that the intention of this test is to ensure that aiohttp
correctly expands the home path if passed in a string. I refactored it
to `pathlib.Path` and cut out duplication of `relative_to()` calls.
But if it's not doing anything but expanding `~`, then it's testing the
functionality of `pathlib.Path`, not aiohttp.

On `unix_sockname` fixture:

This fixture uses `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory`. Because it's a somewhat
complicated fixture used across multiple test modules, I left it as-is
for now.

On `str(tmp_path)` and even `pathlib.Path(str(tmp_path))`:

pytest uses `pathlib2` to provide `tmp_path` for Python 3.5 (only).
This is mostly fine but it fails on a couple of corner cases, such as
`os.symlink()` which blocks all but `str` and `PurePath` via isinstance
type checking. In several cases, this requires conversion to string or
conversion to string and then into `pathlib.Path` to maintain code
compatibility. See: pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5017

* Correct test_guess_filename to use file object

* Update symlink in tests; more guess_filename tests

(cherry picked from commit 79fe204)
webknjaz added a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 28, 2024
…hs, temp files (#8083)

**This is a backport of PR #3957 as merged into master
(79fe204).**

* Improve test suite handling of paths, temp files

This updates most uses of `os.path` to instead use `pathlib.Path`.
Relatedly, and following up from #3955 (which replaced pytest's `tmpdir`
fixture with `tmp_path`), this removes most ad-hoc tempfile creation in
favor of the `tmp_path` fixture. Following conversion, unnecessary `os`
and `tempfile` imports were removed.

Most pathlib changes involve straightforward changes from `os` functions
such as `os.mkdir` or `os.path.abspath` to their equivalent methods in
`pathlib.Path`.

Changing ad-hoc temporary path to `tmp_path` involved removing the
`tmp_dir_path` fixture and replacing its functionality with `tmp_path`
in `test_save_load` and `test_guess_filename_with_tempfile`.

On `test_static_route_user_home` function:

* I think that the intention of this test is to ensure that aiohttp
correctly expands the home path if passed in a string. I refactored it
to `pathlib.Path` and cut out duplication of `relative_to()` calls. But
if it's not doing anything but expanding `~`, then it's testing the
functionality of `pathlib.Path`, not aiohttp.

On `unix_sockname` fixture:

This fixture uses `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory`. Because it's a somewhat
complicated fixture used across multiple test modules, I left it as-is
for now.

On `str(tmp_path)` and even `pathlib.Path(str(tmp_path))`:

pytest uses `pathlib2` to provide `tmp_path` for Python 3.5 (only). This
is mostly fine but it fails on a couple of corner cases, such as
`os.symlink()` which blocks all but `str` and `PurePath` via isinstance
type checking. In several cases, this requires conversion to string or
conversion to string and then into `pathlib.Path` to maintain code
compatibility. See: pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5017

* Correct test_guess_filename to use file object

* Update symlink in tests; more guess_filename tests

(cherry picked from commit 79fe204)

<!-- Thank you for your contribution! -->

## What do these changes do?

This updates most uses of `os.path` to instead use `pathlib.Path`.
Relatedly, and following up from #3955 (which replaced pytest's `tmpdir`
fixture with `tmp_path`), this removes most ad-hoc tempfile creation in
favor of the `tmp_path` fixture. Following conversion, unnecessary `os`
and `tempfile` imports were removed.

Most pathlib changes involve straightforward changes from `os` functions
such as `os.mkdir` or `os.path.abspath` to their equivalent methods in
`pathlib.Path`.

Changing ad-hoc temporary path to `tmp_path` involved removing the
`tmp_dir_path` fixture and replacing its functionality with `tmp_path`
in `test_save_load` and `test_guess_filename_with_tempfile`.

On `test_static_route_user_home` function:

* I think that the intention of this test is to ensure that aiohttp
correctly expands the home path if passed in a string. I refactored it
to `pathlib.Path` and cut out duplication of `relative_to()` calls.
But if it's not doing anything but expanding `~`, then it's testing the
functionality of `pathlib.Path`, not aiohttp.

On `unix_sockname` fixture:

This fixture uses `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory`. Because it's a somewhat
complicated fixture used across multiple test modules, I left it as-is
for now.

On `str(tmp_path)` and even `pathlib.Path(str(tmp_path))`:

pytest uses `pathlib2` to provide `tmp_path` for Python 3.5 (only).
This is mostly fine but it fails on a couple of corner cases, such as
`os.symlink()` which blocks all but `str` and `PurePath` via isinstance
type checking. In several cases, this requires conversion to string or
conversion to string and then into `pathlib.Path` to maintain code
compatibility. See: pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5017

## Are there changes in behavior for the user?

These changes only affect the test suite and have no impact on the end
user.

## Related issue number

This is intended to address discussion following the simplistic changes
from tmpdir to tmp_path of #3955.

## Checklist

- [X] I think the code is well written
- [X] Unit tests for the changes exist
- [X] Documentation reflects the changes
- [X] If you provide code modification, please add yourself to
`CONTRIBUTORS.txt`
  * The format is &lt;Name&gt; &lt;Surname&gt;.
  * Please keep alphabetical order, the file is sorted by names. 
- [X] Add a new news fragment into the `CHANGES` folder
  * name it `<issue_id>.<type>` for example (588.bugfix)
* if you don't have an `issue_id` change it to the pr id after creating
the pr
  * ensure type is one of the following:
    * `.feature`: Signifying a new feature.
    * `.bugfix`: Signifying a bug fix.
    * `.doc`: Signifying a documentation improvement.
    * `.removal`: Signifying a deprecation or removal of public API.
* `.misc`: A ticket has been closed, but it is not of interest to users.
* Make sure to use full sentences with correct case and punctuation, for
example: "Fix issue with non-ascii contents in doctest text files."

Co-authored-by: Matt VanEseltine <matvan@umich.edu>
webknjaz added a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 28, 2024
…s, temp files (#8084)

**This is a backport of PR #3957 as merged into master
(79fe204).**

* Improve test suite handling of paths, temp files

This updates most uses of `os.path` to instead use `pathlib.Path`.
Relatedly, and following up from #3955 (which replaced pytest's `tmpdir`
fixture with `tmp_path`), this removes most ad-hoc tempfile creation in
favor of the `tmp_path` fixture. Following conversion, unnecessary `os`
and `tempfile` imports were removed.

Most pathlib changes involve straightforward changes from `os` functions
such as `os.mkdir` or `os.path.abspath` to their equivalent methods in
`pathlib.Path`.

Changing ad-hoc temporary path to `tmp_path` involved removing the
`tmp_dir_path` fixture and replacing its functionality with `tmp_path`
in `test_save_load` and `test_guess_filename_with_tempfile`.

On `test_static_route_user_home` function:

* I think that the intention of this test is to ensure that aiohttp
correctly expands the home path if passed in a string. I refactored it
to `pathlib.Path` and cut out duplication of `relative_to()` calls. But
if it's not doing anything but expanding `~`, then it's testing the
functionality of `pathlib.Path`, not aiohttp.

On `unix_sockname` fixture:

This fixture uses `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory`. Because it's a somewhat
complicated fixture used across multiple test modules, I left it as-is
for now.

On `str(tmp_path)` and even `pathlib.Path(str(tmp_path))`:

pytest uses `pathlib2` to provide `tmp_path` for Python 3.5 (only). This
is mostly fine but it fails on a couple of corner cases, such as
`os.symlink()` which blocks all but `str` and `PurePath` via isinstance
type checking. In several cases, this requires conversion to string or
conversion to string and then into `pathlib.Path` to maintain code
compatibility. See: pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5017

* Correct test_guess_filename to use file object

* Update symlink in tests; more guess_filename tests

(cherry picked from commit 79fe204)

<!-- Thank you for your contribution! -->

## What do these changes do?

This updates most uses of `os.path` to instead use `pathlib.Path`.
Relatedly, and following up from #3955 (which replaced pytest's `tmpdir`
fixture with `tmp_path`), this removes most ad-hoc tempfile creation in
favor of the `tmp_path` fixture. Following conversion, unnecessary `os`
and `tempfile` imports were removed.

Most pathlib changes involve straightforward changes from `os` functions
such as `os.mkdir` or `os.path.abspath` to their equivalent methods in
`pathlib.Path`.

Changing ad-hoc temporary path to `tmp_path` involved removing the
`tmp_dir_path` fixture and replacing its functionality with `tmp_path`
in `test_save_load` and `test_guess_filename_with_tempfile`.

On `test_static_route_user_home` function:

* I think that the intention of this test is to ensure that aiohttp
correctly expands the home path if passed in a string. I refactored it
to `pathlib.Path` and cut out duplication of `relative_to()` calls.
But if it's not doing anything but expanding `~`, then it's testing the
functionality of `pathlib.Path`, not aiohttp.

On `unix_sockname` fixture:

This fixture uses `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory`. Because it's a somewhat
complicated fixture used across multiple test modules, I left it as-is
for now.

On `str(tmp_path)` and even `pathlib.Path(str(tmp_path))`:

pytest uses `pathlib2` to provide `tmp_path` for Python 3.5 (only).
This is mostly fine but it fails on a couple of corner cases, such as
`os.symlink()` which blocks all but `str` and `PurePath` via isinstance
type checking. In several cases, this requires conversion to string or
conversion to string and then into `pathlib.Path` to maintain code
compatibility. See: pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5017

## Are there changes in behavior for the user?

These changes only affect the test suite and have no impact on the end
user.

## Related issue number

This is intended to address discussion following the simplistic changes
from tmpdir to tmp_path of #3955.

## Checklist

- [X] I think the code is well written
- [X] Unit tests for the changes exist
- [X] Documentation reflects the changes
- [X] If you provide code modification, please add yourself to
`CONTRIBUTORS.txt`
  * The format is &lt;Name&gt; &lt;Surname&gt;.
  * Please keep alphabetical order, the file is sorted by names. 
- [X] Add a new news fragment into the `CHANGES` folder
  * name it `<issue_id>.<type>` for example (588.bugfix)
* if you don't have an `issue_id` change it to the pr id after creating
the pr
  * ensure type is one of the following:
    * `.feature`: Signifying a new feature.
    * `.bugfix`: Signifying a bug fix.
    * `.doc`: Signifying a documentation improvement.
    * `.removal`: Signifying a deprecation or removal of public API.
* `.misc`: A ticket has been closed, but it is not of interest to users.
* Make sure to use full sentences with correct case and punctuation, for
example: "Fix issue with non-ascii contents in doctest text files."

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Co-authored-by: Matt VanEseltine <matvan@umich.edu>
Co-authored-by: pre-commit-ci[bot] <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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