utils: Better pathlib.Path support

pekkaklarck · pekkaklarck · commit d60711e01aee · 2020-01-11T22:10:46.000+02:00
- Expose existing is_pathlike utility.
- Support pathlib.Path with io utils.
diff --git a/src/robot/utils/__init__.py b/src/robot/utils/__init__.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
                         parse_time)
 from .robottypes import (FALSE_STRINGS, Mapping, MutableMapping, TRUE_STRINGS,
                          is_bytes, is_dict_like, is_falsy, is_integer,
-                         is_list_like, is_number, is_string, is_truthy,
-                         is_unicode, type_name, unicode)
+                         is_list_like, is_number, is_pathlike, is_string,
+                         is_truthy, is_unicode, type_name, unicode)
 from .setter import setter, SetterAwareType
 from .sortable import Sortable
 from .text import (cut_long_message, format_assign_message,
diff --git a/src/robot/utils/robotio.py b/src/robot/utils/robotio.py
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@
 
 from .error import get_error_message
 from .platform import PY3
+from .robottypes import is_pathlike
 
 
 def file_writer(path=None, encoding='UTF-8', newline=None, usage=None):
     if path:
+        if is_pathlike(path):
+            path = str(path)
         create_destination_directory(path, usage)
         try:
             f = io.open(path, 'w', encoding=encoding, newline=newline)
@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ def file_writer(path=None, encoding='UTF-8', newline=None, usage=None):
 
 def binary_file_writer(path=None):
     if path:
+        if is_pathlike(path):
+            path = str(path)
         return io.open(path, 'wb')
     f = io.BytesIO()
     getvalue = f.getvalue
@@ -55,6 +60,8 @@ def binary_file_writer(path=None):
 
 
 def create_destination_directory(path, usage=None):
+    if is_pathlike(path):
+        path = str(path)
     directory = os.path.dirname(path)
     if directory and not os.path.exists(directory):
         try:
