Issue #21127: Path objects can now be instantiated from str subclass instances (such as numpy.str_).

Thanks to Antony Lee for the report and preliminary patch.
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 Chris Lawrence
 Brian Leair
 Mathieu Leduc-Hamel
+Antony Lee
 Christopher Lee
 Inyeol Lee
 James Lee
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 Library
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+- Issue #21127: Path objects can now be instantiated from str subclass
+  instances (such as numpy.str_).
+
 - Issue #15002: urllib.response object to use _TemporaryFileWrapper (and
   _TemporaryFileCloser) facility. Provides a better way to handle file
   descriptor close. Patch contributed by Christian Theune.