Closes #20218: Added convenience methods read_text/write_text and read_bytes/

write_bytes to pathlib.Path objects.

Thanks to Christopher Welborn and Ram Rachum for original patches.

1 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 67ed914e9f..0942b21df3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -834,6 +834,34 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist):
    if the file's uid isn't found in the system database.
 
 
+.. method:: Path.read_bytes()
+
+   Return the binary contents of the pointed-to file as a bytes object::
+
+      >>> p = Path('my_binary_file')
+      >>> p.write_bytes(b'Binary file contents')
+      20
+      >>> p.read_bytes()
+      b'Binary file contents'
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
+
+.. method:: Path.read_text(encoding=None, errors=None)
+
+   Return the decoded contents of the pointed-to file as a string::
+
+      >>> p = Path('my_text_file')
+      >>> p.write_text('Text file contents')
+      18
+      >>> p.read_text()
+      'Text file contents'
+
+   The optional parameters have the same meaning as in :func:`open`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
+
 .. method:: Path.rename(target)
 
    Rename this file or directory to the given *target*.  *target* can be
@@ -946,3 +974,36 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist):
 
    Remove this file or symbolic link.  If the path points to a directory,
    use :func:`Path.rmdir` instead.
+
+
+.. method:: Path.write_bytes(data)
+
+   Open the file pointed to in bytes mode, write *data* to it, and close the
+   file::
+
+      >>> p = Path('my_binary_file')
+      >>> p.write_bytes(b'Binary file contents')
+      20
+      >>> p.read_bytes()
+      b'Binary file contents'
+
+   An existing file of the same name is overwritten.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
+
+.. method:: Path.write_text(data, encoding=None, errors=None)
+
+   Open the file pointed to in text mode, write *data* to it, and close the
+   file::
+
+      >>> p = Path('my_text_file')
+      >>> p.write_text('Text file contents')
+      18
+      >>> p.read_text()
+      'Text file contents'
+
+   An existing file of the same name is overwritten.  The optional parameters
+   have the same meaning as in :func:`open`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.5