Importing test library 'FakerLibrary' failed: AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'startswith'

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Python:3.8.10,robotframework-faker=5.0.0, import to RIDE

20210616 10:14:24.262 [WARN]: Importing test library "FakerLibrary" failed

Traceback (most recent call last):
Importing test library 'FakerLibrary' failed: AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'startswith'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/lib/robot/utils/importer.py", line 153, in _import
return __import__(name, fromlist=fromlist)
File "/Users/ming.ni/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages/FakerLibrary/__init__.py", line 2, in
from .keywords import FakerKeywords
File "/Users/ming.ni/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages/FakerLibrary/keywords.py", line 10, in
import faker.factory
File "/Users/ming.ni/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages/faker/__init__.py", line 1, in
from faker.factory import Factory
File "/Users/ming.ni/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages/faker/factory.py", line 7, in
from faker.config import AVAILABLE_LOCALES, DEFAULT_LOCALE, PROVIDERS
File "/Users/ming.ni/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages/faker/config.py", line 11, in
PROVIDERS = find_available_providers(
File "/Users/ming.ni/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages/faker/utils/loading.py", line 57, in find_available_providers
for mod in list_module(providers_mod) if mod != '__pycache__'
File "/Users/ming.ni/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages/faker/utils/loading.py", line 35, in list_module
return [name for _, name, is_pkg in pkgutil.iter_modules([path]) if is_pkg]
File "/Users/ming.ni/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages/faker/utils/loading.py", line 35, in
return [name for _, name, is_pkg in pkgutil.iter_modules([path]) if is_pkg]
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.8/3.8.10/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/pkgutil.py", line 129, in iter_modules
for i in importers:
File "/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.8/3.8.10/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/pkgutil.py", line 419, in get_importer
importer = path_hook(path_item)
File "", line 1594, in path_hook_for_FileFinder
File "", line 1469, in __init__
File "", line 177, in _path_isabs
PYTHONPATH:
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/Users/ming.ni/Documents/testframework/Resources
/Users/ming.ni/Documents
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.8/3.8.10/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python38.zip
/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.8/3.8.10/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8
/usr/local/Cellar/python@3.8/3.8.10/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/lib-dynload
/Users/ming.ni/Library/Python/3.8/lib/python/site-packages
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/spec
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/lib
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/contrib/testrunner/../../lib
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/contrib/testrunner/../../lib
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/spec/librarymanager.py", line 82, in _fetch_keywords
return get_import_result(path, library_args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/spec/libraryfetcher.py", line 21, in get_import_result
lib = robotapi.TestLibrary(path, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/lib/robot/running/testlibraries.py", line 49, in TestLibrary
libcode, source = importer.import_class_or_module(import_name,
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/lib/robot/utils/importer.py", line 72, in import_class_or_module
self._raise_import_failed(name, err)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/robotide/lib/robot/utils/importer.py", line 109, in _raise_import_failed
raise DataError('\n'.join(msg))

Reproduce the import with Python 3.8.10, robotframework-faker 5.0.0, and RIDE. Start with the reported path handling in faker/utils/loading.py and the import flow through robotide/spec/libraryfetcher.py; done means FakerLibrary imports without the PosixPath/startswith error.

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