René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"User-defined virtual path objects","articleBody":"## Proposal\r\n\r\nAdd a `PathBase` class that can be subclassed by users to implement \"virtual paths\", e.g. paths within `.zip` files or on FTP servers, and publish it as an external PyPI package.\r\n\r\n## Phase 1: Private support in pathlib\r\n\r\n- [x] Add private `_PathBase` class \r\n  - #106337\r\n- [x] Merge `WalkTests` into `DummyPathTest` \r\n  - #110308\r\n  - #110655\r\n- [x] Sort out `__hash__()`, `__eq__`, etc - we shouldn't inherit the `PurePath` implementation\r\n  - #112012 \r\n  - #110670 \r\n- [x] Simplify/speed up path walking and globbing\r\n  - #106703\r\n- [x] Add `from_uri()` classmethod\r\n  - #107640\r\n\r\n## Phase 2: Experimental support in PyPI package\r\n\r\n- [x] Move ABCs into `pathlib._abc`\r\n  - #112881\r\n  - #112904\r\n- [x] Figure out the default value for `pathmod`, if any\r\n  - #113221\r\n  - #113219\r\n- [x] Publish PyPI package\r\n\r\n## Previous Discussion\r\n\r\nhttps://discuss.python.org/t/make-pathlib-extensible/3428\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\r\n### Linked PRs\r\n* gh-110308\r\n* gh-110312\r\n* gh-110321\r\n* gh-110412\r\n* gh-110655\r\n* gh-110670\r\n* gh-112012\r\n* gh-112239\r\n* gh-112242\r\n* gh-112881\r\n* gh-112901\r\n* gh-112904\r\n* gh-113219\r\n* gh-113221\r\n* gh-113292\r\n* gh-113376\r\n* gh-113411\r\n* gh-113417\r\n* gh-113419\r\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/barneygale","@type":"Person","name":"barneygale"},"datePublished":"2023-09-29T15:16:35.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/110109/cpython/issues/110109"}