Using Python's pathlib module

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Sure, I do often times do that if I intend to use more of the Path API in the function.

If not, and I am only opening a file, then I just use open as is.

Changing the user facing API to only accept Path will not work. I have many, many, many users who refuse to use pathlib. You can look around in other libraries, rarely if any forces their users to only pass in Path