read_feather does not support os.PathLike file paths

[mvashishtha]

System information

• OS Platform and Distribution (e.g., Linux Ubuntu 16.04): MacOS Big Sur
• Modin version (modin.__version__): 0.13.0+40.geffe4c20
• Python version: 3.9.9
• Code we can use to reproduce:

import pandas
import modin.pandas as pd
from pathlib import Path

pandas.DataFrame([[1]], columns=["a"]).to_feather("/tmp/bug_read_feather_pathlike.feather")
# this works:
pandas.read_feather(Path("/tmp/bug_read_feather_pathlike.feather"))
# This does not work:
pd.read_feather(Path("/tmp/bug_read_feather_pathlike.feather"))

Describe the problem

pandas supports os.PathLike file paths in read_feather, but Modin does not.

Source code / logs

Stack trace

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
Input In [24], in <module>
----> 1 pd.read_feather(Path("/tmp/bug_read_feather_pathlike.feather"))

File ~/modin/modin/pandas/io.py:398, in read_feather(path, columns, use_threads, storage_options)
    395 Engine.subscribe(_update_engine)
    396 from modin.core.execution.dispatching.factories.dispatcher import FactoryDispatcher
--> 398 return DataFrame(query_compiler=FactoryDispatcher.read_feather(**kwargs))

File ~/modin/modin/core/execution/dispatching/factories/dispatcher.py:227, in FactoryDispatcher.read_feather(cls, **kwargs)
    224 @classmethod
    225 @_inherit_docstrings(factories.BaseFactory._read_feather)
    226 def read_feather(cls, **kwargs):
--> 227     return cls.__factory._read_feather(**kwargs)

File ~/modin/modin/core/execution/dispatching/factories/factories.py:277, in BaseFactory._read_feather(cls, **kwargs)
    269 @classmethod
    270 @doc(
    271     _doc_io_method_template,
   (...)
    275 )
    276 def _read_feather(cls, **kwargs):
--> 277     return cls.io_cls.read_feather(**kwargs)

File ~/modin/modin/core/io/file_dispatcher.py:151, in FileDispatcher.read(cls, *args, **kwargs)
    128 @classmethod
    129 def read(cls, *args, **kwargs):
    130     """
    131     Read data according passed `args` and `kwargs`.
    132
   (...)
    149     postprocessing work on the resulting query_compiler object.
    150     """
--> 151     query_compiler = cls._read(*args, **kwargs)
    152     # TODO (devin-petersohn): Make this section more general for non-pandas kernel
    153     # implementations.
    154     if StorageFormat.get() == "Pandas":

File ~/modin/modin/core/io/column_stores/feather_dispatcher.py:50, in FeatherDispatcher._read(cls, path, columns, **kwargs)
     24 @classmethod
     25 def _read(cls, path, columns=None, **kwargs):
     26     """
     27     Read data from the file path, returning a query compiler.
     28
   (...)
     48     https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/api.html#feather-format
     49     """
---> 50     path = cls.get_path(path)
     51     if columns is None:
     52         import_optional_dependency(
     53             "pyarrow", "pyarrow is required to read feather files."
     54         )

File ~/modin/modin/core/io/file_dispatcher.py:211, in FileDispatcher.get_path(cls, file_path)
    190 @classmethod
    191 def get_path(cls, file_path):
    192     """
    193     Process `file_path` in accordance to it's type.
    194
   (...)
    209     absolute path will be returned.
    210     """
--> 211     if S3_ADDRESS_REGEX.search(file_path):
    212         return file_path
    213     else:

TypeError: expected string or bytes-like object