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Improve performance of pathlib.Path.absolute() #100562

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Improve performance of pathlib.Path.absolute()#100562
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barneygale
opened on Dec 28, 2022

The current implementation of pathlib.Path.absolute() calls self.cwd() rather than os.getcwd(), and so constructs two Path objects rather than one. As path objects are slow to construct, this has a performance impact.

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  1. barneygale
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    type-featureA feature request or enhancement
    on Dec 28, 2022
  2. AlexWaygood
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    performancePerformance or resource usage
    topic-pathlib
    3.12only security fixes
    on Dec 28, 2022
  3. barneygale
    added a commit that references this issue on Dec 28, 2022

    pythongh-100562: improve performance of `pathlib.Path.absolute()`

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  4. AlexWaygood
    added a commit that references this issue on Jan 5, 2023

    Merge branch 'main' into pythongh-100562-path-absolute-perf

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  5. AlexWaygood
    linked a pull request that will close this issuegh-100562: improve performance of `pathlib.Path.absolute()` #100563on Jan 5, 2023
  6. miss-islington
    closed this as completedin #100563on Jan 5, 2023
  7. miss-islington
    added a commit that references this issue on Jan 5, 2023

    gh-100562: improve performance of `pathlib.Path.absolute()` (GH-100563)

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