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diff --git a/Doc/library/lzma.rst b/Doc/library/lzma.rst index 61b3ba3bb6..5edb23de83 100644 --- a/Doc/library/lzma.rst +++ b/Doc/library/lzma.rst @@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ Reading and writing compressed files object`. The *filename* argument can be either an actual file name (given as a - :class:`str` or :class:`bytes` object), in which case the named file is - opened, or it can be an existing file object to read from or write to. + :class:`str`, :class:`bytes` or :term:`path-like object` object), in + which case the named file is opened, or it can be an existing file object + to read from or write to. The *mode* argument can be any of ``"r"``, ``"rb"``, ``"w"``, ``"wb"``, ``"x"``, ``"xb"``, ``"a"`` or ``"ab"`` for binary mode, or ``"rt"``, @@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ Reading and writing compressed files .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Added support for the ``"x"``, ``"xb"`` and ``"xt"`` modes. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + .. class:: LZMAFile(filename=None, mode="r", \*, format=None, check=-1, preset=None, filters=None) @@ -71,9 +75,10 @@ Reading and writing compressed files An :class:`LZMAFile` can wrap an already-open :term:`file object`, or operate directly on a named file. The *filename* argument specifies either the file - object to wrap, or the name of the file to open (as a :class:`str` or - :class:`bytes` object). When wrapping an existing file object, the wrapped - file will not be closed when the :class:`LZMAFile` is closed. + object to wrap, or the name of the file to open (as a :class:`str`, + :class:`bytes` or :term:`path-like object` object). When wrapping an + existing file object, the wrapped file will not be closed when the + :class:`LZMAFile` is closed. The *mode* argument can be either ``"r"`` for reading (default), ``"w"`` for overwriting, ``"x"`` for exclusive creation, or ``"a"`` for appending. These @@ -118,6 +123,9 @@ Reading and writing compressed files The :meth:`~io.BufferedIOBase.read` method now accepts an argument of ``None``. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Accepts a :term:`path-like object`. + Compressing and decompressing data in memory -------------------------------------------- |