# Make pathlib extensible

**URL:** https://discuss.python.org/t/make-pathlib-extensible/3428
**Category:** Ideas
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/make-pathlib-extensible/3428 "2020-02-24T00:15:07Z")
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### Author: ![barneygale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/barneygale/32/1882_2.png) [@barneygale](https://discuss.python.org/u/barneygale)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/make-pathlib-extensible/3428/135 "2023-07-16T16:14:36Z")

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For my fellow visual learners, here’s a venn diagram showing `os.PathLike` and `pathlib.PathBase`:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/python1/original/2X/d/d5230ebdb73abecd11ae8ad1e8d075a154d5856f.png)

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