# 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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**Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/make-pathlib-extensible/3428/94 "2023-05-22T13:39:56Z")

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> [@barneygale](#):
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> However, in order to add a **public** `AbstractPath` class, I’m pretty sure we’ll need to move three methods from `PurePath` to `Path`, which effectively removes them from the `AbstractPath` interface.

What would be the resulting class hierarchy?

I think you may want an intermediate class `PureLocalPath` such that those three methods can simply be exposed on `PurePath`.

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