Add Python 3.12 compatibility for path fieldtype (#91)

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Co-authored-by: pyrco <105293448+pyrco@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Schamper <1254028+Schamper@users.noreply.github.com>

flow/record/fieldtypes/__init__.py

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 UTC = timezone.utc
 
 PY_311 = sys.version_info >= (3, 11, 0)
+PY_312 = sys.version_info >= (3, 12, 0)
 
 PATH_POSIX = 0
 PATH_WINDOWS = 1
@@ -645,28 +646,31 @@ def __new__(cls, *args):
             for path_part in args:
                 if isinstance(path_part, pathlib.PureWindowsPath):
                     cls = windows_path
-                    # The (string) representation of a pathlib.PureWindowsPath is not round trip equivalent if a
-                    # path starts with a \ or / followed by a drive letter, e.g.: \C:\...
-                    # Meaning:
-                    #
-                    # str(PureWindowsPath(r"\C:\WINDOWS/Temp")) !=
-                    # str(PureWindowsPath(PureWindowsPath(r"\C:\WINDOWS/Temp"))),
-                    #
-                    # repr(PureWindowsPath(r"\C:\WINDOWS/Temp")) !=
-                    # repr(PureWindowsPath(PureWindowsPath(r"\C:\WINDOWS/Temp"))),
-                    #
-                    # This would be the case though when using PurePosixPath instead.
-                    #
-                    # This construction works around that by converting all path parts
-                    # to strings first.
-                    args = (str(arg) for arg in args)
+                    if not PY_312:
+                        # For Python < 3.12, the (string) representation of a
+                        # pathlib.PureWindowsPath is not round trip equivalent if a path
+                        # starts with a \ or / followed by a drive letter, e.g.: \C:\...
+                        # Meaning:
+                        #
+                        # str(PureWindowsPath(r"\C:\WINDOWS/Temp")) !=
+                        # str(PureWindowsPath(PureWindowsPath(r"\C:\WINDOWS/Temp"))),
+                        #
+                        # repr(PureWindowsPath(r"\C:\WINDOWS/Temp")) !=
+                        # repr(PureWindowsPath(PureWindowsPath(r"\C:\WINDOWS/Temp"))),
+                        #
+                        # This would be the case though when using PurePosixPath instead.
+                        #
+                        # This construction works around that by converting all path parts
+                        # to strings first.
+                        args = (str(arg) for arg in args)
                 elif isinstance(path_part, pathlib.PurePosixPath):
                     cls = posix_path
                 elif _is_windowslike_path(path_part):
                     # This handles any custom PurePath based implementations that have a windows
                     # like path separator (\).
                     cls = windows_path
-                    args = (str(arg) for arg in args)
+                    if not PY_312:
+                        args = (str(arg) for arg in args)
                 elif _is_posixlike_path(path_part):
                     # This handles any custom PurePath based implementations that don't have a
                     # windows like path separator (\).
@@ -675,7 +679,11 @@ def __new__(cls, *args):
                     continue
                 break
 
-        return cls._from_parts(args)
+        if PY_312:
+            obj = super().__new__(cls)
+        else:
+            obj = cls._from_parts(args)
+        return obj
 
     def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
         if isinstance(other, str):

tests/test_fieldtypes.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import hashlib
 import os
 import pathlib
+import posixpath
+import types
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 
 import pytest
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@
 from flow.record.fieldtypes import (
     PATH_POSIX,
     PATH_WINDOWS,
+    PY_312,
     _is_posixlike_path,
     _is_windowslike_path,
 )
@@ -527,12 +530,29 @@ def test_digest():
 
 
 def custom_pure_path(sep, altsep):
-    class CustomFlavour(pathlib._PosixFlavour):
-        def __new__(cls):
-            instance = pathlib._PosixFlavour.__new__(cls)
-            instance.sep = sep
-            instance.altsep = altsep
-            return instance
+    # Starting from Python 3.12, pathlib._Flavours are removed as you can
+    # now properly subclass pathlib.Path
+    # The flavour property of Path's is replaced by a link to e.g.
+    # posixpath or ntpath.
+    # See also: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/88302
+    if PY_312:
+
+        class CustomFlavour:
+            def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+                flavour = types.ModuleType("mockpath")
+                flavour.__dict__.update(posixpath.__dict__)
+                flavour.sep = sep
+                flavour.altsep = altsep
+                return flavour
+
+    else:
+
+        class CustomFlavour(pathlib._PosixFlavour):
+            def __new__(cls):
+                instance = super().__new__(cls)
+                instance.sep = sep
+                instance.altsep = altsep
+                return instance
 
     class PureCustomPath(pathlib.PurePath):
         _flavour = CustomFlavour()