Feature request: path completion with pathlib objects

So, I love how ipython can path-complete strings to dig through your folders. But I increasingly work with pathlib.Path objects for their increased readability and useful object attributes to access sub-paths. Would it be possible to have ipython to be able to path-complete on a pathlib.Path folder? So, I would like to be able to do something like this:

from pathlib import Path

root = Path("/abc/myfolder")

f1 = root / "f342<TAB>"
f2 = root / "f569<TAB>"

Hope this is understandable? With <TAB> I mean I press the TAB key at that point, to have ipython complete that string part of the full path.

Cheers!

[carlsmith]

Opps! Sorry.

from IPython.core.magic import register_line_magic as line_magic

[carlsmith]

I wrapped the Path constructor in a line magic for doing a similar thing interactively.

from pathlib import Path

@line_magic
def path(args): return Path(args)

del path

With that set up, you can then do stuff like this (with tab completion):

home = %path ~/

It’s of pretty limited use, but it lets you create paths using tab completion when working interactively.