Kernel

Creates a new Pathname object from the given string, path, and returns pathname object.

In order to use this constructor, you must first require the Pathname standard library extension.

require 'pathname'
Pathname("/home/zzak")
#=> #<Pathname:/home/zzak>

See also Pathname.new for more information.

 
               static VALUE
path_f_pathname(VALUE self, VALUE str)
{
    return rb_class_new_instance(1, &str, rb_cPathname);
}