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setup.py

@@ -11,21 +11,26 @@ Publishing:
 
 """
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-execfile('...tfields/__about__.py')
+exec(open("./tfields/__about__.py").read())
 
 setup(
-    name='tfields',
+    name=__title__,
     version=__version__,
-    description='numpy + sympy implementation of tensor fields with attached coordinate systems',
+    description=__summary__,
     author=__author__,
     author_email=__email__,
     license=__license__,
+    keywords=__keywords__,
     packages=find_packages(),
+    url=__uri__,
+    project_urls={
+        'Documentation': __uri__,
+        'Source': __uri__,
+    },
     test_require=[
         'doctest',
         'unittest'
     ],
-    url='https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/dboe/tfields',
     install_requires=[
         'numpy',
         'sympy',
@@ -62,12 +67,6 @@ setup(
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6'
     ],
     python_requires='>=2.7',
-    keywords="tensors coordinate system trafo sympy numpy",
-    project_urls={
-        'Documentation': 'https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/dboe/tfields/',
-        'Source': 'https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/dboe/tfields/',
-        # 'Tracker': 'https://github.com/pypa/sampleproject/issues',
-    }
 )
 
 

tfields/__about__.py

-__version__ = '0.1.0.dev8'
+__all__ = [
+    "__version__",
+    "__title__",
+    "__summary__",
+    "__keywords__",
+    "__uri__",
+    "__author__",
+    "__email__",
+    "__license__",
+    "__copyright__",
+]
+__version__ = '0.1.0.dev9'
+__title__ = 'tfields'
+__summary__ = "numpy + sympy implementation of tensor fields with attached coordinate systems"
+__keywords__ = "tensors coordinate system trafo sympy numpy"
+__uri__ = 'https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/dboe/tfields'
 __author__ = "Daniel Boeckenhoff"
 __email__ = "daniel.boeckenhoff@ipp.mpg.de"
 __license__ = "Apache License, Version 2.0"

tfields/core.py

@@ -208,8 +208,11 @@ class AbstractNdarray(np.ndarray):
                 ... remaining:forwarded to extension specific method
         """
         # get the extension
-        if isinstance(path, string_types):
+        if isinstance(path, (string_types, pathlib.Path)):
             extension = pathlib.Path(path).suffix.lstrip('.')
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Wrong path type {0}".format(type(path)))
+        path = str(path)
 
         # get the save method
         try:
@@ -219,8 +222,7 @@ class AbstractNdarray(np.ndarray):
             raise NotImplementedError("Can not find save method for extension: "
                                       "{extension}.".format(**locals()))
 
-        # resolve:     relative paths,  symlinks and    ~
-        path = os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path)))
+        path = tfields.lib.in_out.resolve(path)
         return save_method(path, **kwargs)
 
     @classmethod
@@ -235,10 +237,12 @@ class AbstractNdarray(np.ndarray):
                 extension (str): only needed if path is buffer
                 ... remaining:forwarded to extension specific method
         """
-        extension = kwargs.pop('extension', 'npz')
-        if isinstance(path, string_types):
-            path = os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path)))
+        if isinstance(path, (string_types, pathlib.Path)):
             extension = pathlib.Path(path).suffix.lstrip('.')
+            path = str(path)
+            path = tfields.lib.in_out.resolve(path)
+        else:
+            extension = kwargs.pop('extension', 'npz')
 
         try:
             load_method = getattr(cls, '_load_{e}'.format(e=extension))