Support pathlib.Path as directory argument

diskcache/core.py

@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ def __init__(self, directory=None, timeout=60, disk=Disk, **settings):
 
         if directory is None:
             directory = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='diskcache-')
+        directory = str(directory)
         directory = op.expanduser(directory)
         directory = op.expandvars(directory)
 

diskcache/fanout.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def __init__(
         """
         if directory is None:
             directory = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='diskcache-')
+        directory = str(directory)
         directory = op.expanduser(directory)
         directory = op.expandvars(directory)
 

tests/test_core.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import io
 import os
 import os.path as op
+import pathlib
 import pickle
 import shutil
 import sqlite3
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ def test_init(cache):
     cache.close()
 
 
+def test_init_path(cache):
+    path = pathlib.Path(cache.directory)
+    other = dc.Cache(path)
+    other.close()
+    assert cache.directory == other.directory
+
+
 def test_init_disk():
     with dc.Cache(disk_pickle_protocol=1, disk_min_file_size=2**20) as cache:
         key = (None, 0, 'abc')

tests/test_fanout.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import io
 import os
 import os.path as op
+import pathlib
 import pickle
 import shutil
 import subprocess as sp
@@ -44,6 +45,13 @@ def test_init(cache):
     cache.check()
 
 
+def test_init_path(cache):
+    path = pathlib.Path(cache.directory)
+    other = dc.FanoutCache(path)
+    other.close()
+    assert cache.directory == other.directory
+
+
 def test_set_get_delete(cache):
     for value in range(100):
         cache.set(value, value)