From 1931df0754502ff2722b83093bc7363f2e3507c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Barney Gale Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 18:46:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] GH-119054: Add alt text to pathlib inheritance diagram (GH-121158) (cherry picked from commit 6b280a84988ca221b5bdc1077a914e873790cce5) Co-authored-by: Barney Gale Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com> --- Doc/library/pathlib.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst index 166d8e31734fb0..6c3503a60e6e5e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst @@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ inherit from pure paths but also provide I/O operations. .. image:: pathlib-inheritance.png :align: center :class: invert-in-dark-mode + :alt: Inheritance diagram showing the classes available in pathlib. The + most basic class is PurePath, which has three direct subclasses: + PurePosixPath, PureWindowsPath, and Path. Further to these four + classes, there are two classes that use multiple inheritance: + PosixPath subclasses PurePosixPath and Path, and WindowsPath + subclasses PureWindowsPath and Path. If you've never used this module before or just aren't sure which class is right for your task, :class:`Path` is most likely what you need. It instantiates