[Python-Dev] Sub-claasing pathlib.Path seems impossible

[Christophe Bal]

Hello.

In this post
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29850801/simple-subclassing-pathlib-path-does-not-work/29854141#29854141>,
I have noticed a problem with the following code.

from pathlib import Path
> class PPath(Path):
>     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
>         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
>
> test = PPath("dir", "test.txt")
>
>
This gives the following error message.



> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/Users/projetmbc/test.py", line 14, in <module>
>     test = PPath("dir", "test.txt")
>   File "/anaconda/lib/python3.4/pathlib.py", line 907, in __new__
>     self = cls._from_parts(args, init=False)
>   File "/anaconda/lib/python3.4/pathlib.py", line 589, in _from_parts
>     drv, root, parts = self._parse_args(args)
>   File "/anaconda/lib/python3.4/pathlib.py", line 582, in _parse_args
>     return cls._flavour.parse_parts(parts)AttributeError: type object 'PPath' has no attribute '_flavour'
>
>
This breaks the sub-classing from Python point of view. In the post
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29850801/simple-subclassing-pathlib-path-does-not-work/29854141#29854141>,
I give a hack to sub-class Path but it's a bit Unpythonic.

*Christophe BAL*
*Enseignant de mathématiques en Lycée **et développeur Python amateur*
*---*
*French math teacher in a "Lycée" **and **Python **amateur developer*
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