Set load_from_disk path type as PathLike

src/datasets/arrow_dataset.py

@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ def save_to_disk(
         If you want to store paths or urls, please use the Value("string") type.
 
         Args:
-            dataset_path (`str`):
+            dataset_path (`path-like`):
                 Path (e.g. `dataset/train`) or remote URI (e.g. `s3://my-bucket/dataset/train`)
                 of the dataset directory where the dataset will be saved to.
             fs (`fsspec.spec.AbstractFileSystem`, *optional*):
@@ -1660,7 +1660,7 @@ def _build_local_temp_path(uri_or_path: str) -> Path:
 
     @staticmethod
     def load_from_disk(
-        dataset_path: str,
+        dataset_path: PathLike,
         fs="deprecated",
         keep_in_memory: Optional[bool] = None,
         storage_options: Optional[dict] = None,
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ def load_from_disk(
         filesystem using any implementation of `fsspec.spec.AbstractFileSystem`.
 
         Args:
-            dataset_path (`str`):
+            dataset_path (`path-like`):
                 Path (e.g. `"dataset/train"`) or remote URI (e.g. `"s3//my-bucket/dataset/train"`)
                 of the dataset directory where the dataset will be loaded from.
             fs (`fsspec.spec.AbstractFileSystem`, *optional*):

src/datasets/dataset_dict.py

@@ -1231,10 +1231,9 @@ def save_to_disk(
         If you want to store paths or urls, please use the Value("string") type.
 
         Args:
-            dataset_dict_path (`str`):
-                Path (e.g. `dataset/train`) or remote URI
-                (e.g. `s3://my-bucket/dataset/train`) of the dataset dict directory where the dataset dict will be
-                saved to.
+            dataset_dict_path (`path-like`):
+                Path (e.g. `dataset/train`) or remote URI (e.g. `s3://my-bucket/dataset/train`)
+                of the dataset dict directory where the dataset dict will be saved to.
             fs (`fsspec.spec.AbstractFileSystem`, *optional*):
                 Instance of the remote filesystem where the dataset will be saved to.
 
@@ -1314,7 +1313,7 @@ def load_from_disk(
         Load a dataset that was previously saved using [`save_to_disk`] from a filesystem using `fsspec.spec.AbstractFileSystem`.
 
         Args:
-            dataset_dict_path (`str`):
+            dataset_dict_path (`path-like`):
                 Path (e.g. `"dataset/train"`) or remote URI (e.g. `"s3//my-bucket/dataset/train"`)
                 of the dataset dict directory where the dataset dict will be loaded from.
             fs (`fsspec.spec.AbstractFileSystem`, *optional*):

src/datasets/load.py

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 from .utils.logging import get_logger
 from .utils.metadata import MetadataConfigs
 from .utils.py_utils import get_imports, lock_importable_file
+from .utils.typing import PathLike
 from .utils.version import Version
 
 
@@ -2168,16 +2169,19 @@ def load_dataset(
 
 
 def load_from_disk(
-    dataset_path: str, fs="deprecated", keep_in_memory: Optional[bool] = None, storage_options: Optional[dict] = None
+    dataset_path: PathLike,
+    fs="deprecated",
+    keep_in_memory: Optional[bool] = None,
+    storage_options: Optional[dict] = None,
 ) -> Union[Dataset, DatasetDict]:
     """
     Loads a dataset that was previously saved using [`~Dataset.save_to_disk`] from a dataset directory, or
     from a filesystem using any implementation of `fsspec.spec.AbstractFileSystem`.
 
     Args:
-        dataset_path (`str`):
-            Path (e.g. `"dataset/train"`) or remote URI (e.g.
-            `"s3://my-bucket/dataset/train"`) of the [`Dataset`] or [`DatasetDict`] directory where the dataset will be
+        dataset_path (`path-like`):
+            Path (e.g. `"dataset/train"`) or remote URI (e.g. `"s3://my-bucket/dataset/train"`)
+            of the [`Dataset`] or [`DatasetDict`] directory where the dataset/dataset-dict will be
             loaded from.
         fs (`~filesystems.S3FileSystem` or `fsspec.spec.AbstractFileSystem`, *optional*):
             Instance of the remote filesystem used to download the files from.

tests/test_arrow_dataset.py

@@ -4119,7 +4119,7 @@ def test_dummy_dataset_serialize_fs(dataset, mockfs):
     dataset.save_to_disk(dataset_path, storage_options=mockfs.storage_options)
     assert mockfs.isdir(dataset_path)
     assert mockfs.glob(dataset_path + "/*")
-    reloaded = dataset.load_from_disk(dataset_path, storage_options=mockfs.storage_options)
+    reloaded = Dataset.load_from_disk(dataset_path, storage_options=mockfs.storage_options)
     assert len(reloaded) == len(dataset)
     assert reloaded.features == dataset.features
     assert reloaded.to_dict() == dataset.to_dict()

tests/test_dataset_dict.py

@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ def test_dummy_datasetdict_serialize_fs(mockfs):
     dataset_dict.save_to_disk(dataset_path, storage_options=mockfs.storage_options)
     assert mockfs.isdir(dataset_path)
     assert mockfs.glob(dataset_path + "/*")
-    reloaded = dataset_dict.load_from_disk(dataset_path, storage_options=mockfs.storage_options)
+    reloaded = DatasetDict.load_from_disk(dataset_path, storage_options=mockfs.storage_options)
     assert list(reloaded) == list(dataset_dict)
     for k in dataset_dict:
         assert reloaded[k].features == dataset_dict[k].features

tests/test_load.py

@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ def test_load_from_disk_with_default_in_memory(
         expected_in_memory = False
 
     dset = load_dataset(dataset_loading_script_dir, data_dir=data_dir, keep_in_memory=True, trust_remote_code=True)
-    dataset_path = os.path.join(tmp_path, "saved_dataset")
+    dataset_path = tmp_path / "saved_dataset"
     dset.save_to_disk(dataset_path)
 
     with assert_arrow_memory_increases() if expected_in_memory else assert_arrow_memory_doesnt_increase():