Merge pull request #415 from layday/fix-simplepath-proto

Instrument `SimplePath` protocol with generic support

Author: jaraco

CHANGES.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+v5.1.0
+======
+
+* #415: Instrument ``SimplePath`` with generic support.
+
 v5.0.0
 ======
 

importlib_metadata/_meta.py

@@ -30,18 +30,19 @@ def json(self) -> Dict[str, Union[str, List[str]]]:
         """
 
 
-class SimplePath(Protocol):
+class SimplePath(Protocol[_T]):
     """
     A minimal subset of pathlib.Path required by PathDistribution.
     """
 
-    def joinpath(self) -> 'SimplePath':
+    def joinpath(self) -> _T:
         ...  # pragma: no cover
 
-    def __truediv__(self) -> 'SimplePath':
+    def __truediv__(self, other: Union[str, _T]) -> _T:
         ...  # pragma: no cover
 
-    def parent(self) -> 'SimplePath':
+    @property
+    def parent(self) -> _T:
         ...  # pragma: no cover
 
     def read_text(self) -> str: