bpo-43644: Add docs for importlib.resources.as_file. (#25048)
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
index d9b790e..6515cdb 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -891,6 +891,22 @@
.. versionadded:: 3.9
+.. function:: as_file(traversable)
+
+ Given a :class:`importlib.resources.abc.Traversable` object representing
+ a file, typically from :func:`importlib.resources.files`, return
+ a context manager for use in a :keyword:`with` statement.
+ The context manager provides a :class:`pathlib.Path` object.
+
+ Exiting the context manager cleans up any temporary file created when the
+ resource was extracted from e.g. a zip file.
+
+ Use ``as_file`` when the Traversable methods
+ (``read_text``, etc) are insufficient and an actual file on
+ the file system is required.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.9
+
.. function:: open_binary(package, resource)
Open for binary reading the *resource* within *package*.