Merge pull request #216 from 5j9/main

Use '.' as the default value for Path constructor

newsfragments/216.feature.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use '.' as the default path.

path/__init__.py

@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ class Path(str):
     .. seealso:: :mod:`os.path`
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, other=''):
+    def __new__(cls, other='.'):
+        return super().__new__(cls, other)
+
+    def __init__(self, other='.'):
         if other is None:
             raise TypeError("Invalid initial value for path: None")
         with contextlib.suppress(AttributeError):

test_path.py

@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ def test_relpath(self):
             d = Path('D:\\')
             assert d.relpathto(boz) == boz
 
+    def test_construction_without_args(self):
+        """
+        Path class will construct a path to current directory when called with no arguments.
+        """
+        assert Path() == '.'
+
     def test_construction_from_none(self):
         """ """
         with pytest.raises(TypeError):
@@ -424,15 +430,15 @@ def test_chroot(monkeypatch):
     results = []
     monkeypatch.setattr(os, 'chroot', results.append)
     Path().chroot()
-    assert results == ['']
+    assert results == [Path()]
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif("not hasattr(Path, 'startfile')")
 def test_startfile(monkeypatch):
     results = []
     monkeypatch.setattr(os, 'startfile', results.append)
     Path().startfile()
-    assert results == ['']
+    assert results == [Path()]
 
 
 class TestScratchDir: