pathlib Path and py.test LocalPath

Question

I have started using pathlib.Path some time ago and I like using it. Now that I have gotten used to it, I have gotten sloppy and forget to cast arguments to s

Answer 1

In case anyone else is researching whether pytest's tmpdir paths play nicely with pathlib.Path:

Using python 3.6.5 and pytest 3.2.1, the code posted in the question works perfectly fine without explicitly casting to str:

from pathlib import Path

def test_tmpdir(tmpdir):
    p = Path(tmpdir) / 'testfile.csv'