[3.13] GH-119054: Add alt text to pathlib inheritance diagram (GH-121158) (#121168)
GH-119054: Add alt text to pathlib inheritance diagram (GH-121158)
(cherry picked from commit 6b280a84988ca221b5bdc1077a914e873790cce5)
Co-authored-by: Barney Gale <barney.gale@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 166d8e3..6c3503a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
.. image:: pathlib-inheritance.png
:align: center
:class: invert-in-dark-mode
+ :alt: Inheritance diagram showing the classes available in pathlib. The
+ most basic class is PurePath, which has three direct subclasses:
+ PurePosixPath, PureWindowsPath, and Path. Further to these four
+ classes, there are two classes that use multiple inheritance:
+ PosixPath subclasses PurePosixPath and Path, and WindowsPath
+ subclasses PureWindowsPath and Path.
If you've never used this module before or just aren't sure which class is
right for your task, :class:`Path` is most likely what you need. It instantiates
