pythonGH-74033: Drop deprecated pathlib.Path() keyword arguments

barneygale · barneygale · commit 2468f332ba4d · 2024-05-08T20:41:52.000+01:00
Remove support for supplying keyword arguments to `pathlib.Path()`. This
has been deprecated since Python 3.12.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ Deprecated
 Removed
 =======
 
+pathlib
+-------
+
+* Remove support for passing additional keyword arguments to
+  :class:`pathlib.Path`. In previous versions, any such arguments are ignored.
 
 
 Porting to Python 3.14
diff --git a/Lib/pathlib/_local.py b/Lib/pathlib/_local.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import os
 import posixpath
 import sys
-import warnings
 from glob import _StringGlobber
 from itertools import chain
 from _collections_abc import Sequence
@@ -417,6 +416,7 @@ def is_absolute(self):
     def is_reserved(self):
         """Return True if the path contains one of the special names reserved
         by the system, if any."""
+        import warnings
         msg = ("pathlib.PurePath.is_reserved() is deprecated and scheduled "
                "for removal in Python 3.15. Use os.path.isreserved() to "
                "detect reserved paths on Windows.")
@@ -495,13 +495,6 @@ class Path(PathBase, PurePath):
     def _unsupported_msg(cls, attribute):
         return f"{cls.__name__}.{attribute} is unsupported on this system"
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        if kwargs:
-            msg = ("support for supplying keyword arguments to pathlib.PurePath "
-                   "is deprecated and scheduled for removal in Python {remove}")
-            warnings._deprecated("pathlib.PurePath(**kwargs)", msg, remove=(3, 14))
-        super().__init__(*args)
-
     def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         if cls is Path:
             cls = WindowsPath if os.name == 'nt' else PosixPath
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py
@@ -1121,10 +1121,6 @@ def test_is_mount_root(self):
         self.assertTrue(R.is_mount())
         self.assertFalse((R / '\udfff').is_mount())
 
-    def test_passing_kwargs_deprecated(self):
-        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
-            self.cls(foo="bar")
-
     def setUpWalk(self):
         super().setUpWalk()
         sub21_path= self.sub2_path / "SUB21"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-08-20-41-48.gh-issue-74033.YebHZj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-08-20-41-48.gh-issue-74033.YebHZj.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Drop support for passing keyword arguments to :class:`pathlib.Path`.

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