Support string methods on path objects #11619
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cc: @stephenfin @tronical @picnixz @lucyleeow
xref: #11605
This PR would allow using
str
methods on paths (e.g.app.outdir.rstrip(...)
). It is however very fragile.The alternative would be to entirely revert pathlib support, but I fear downstream may have already adapted to expect usage of
pathlib.Path
objects.Thoughts appreciated.
A