Hack to load pickled file in Manis et al. 2019 cochlear nucleus data on Windows

pathlib_hack_manis_data.py

# obscene hack to load the data from https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223137
from pathlib import WindowsPath, PosixPath, Path
def hacked_new(cls, *args, **kwargs):
    if cls is Path:
        cls = WindowsPath if os.name == 'nt' else PosixPath
    self = cls._from_parts(args, init=False)
    # this line causes a problem
#     if not self._flavour.is_supported:
#         raise NotImplementedError("cannot instantiate %r on your system"
#                                   % (cls.__name__,))
    self._init()
    return self
old_Path_new = Path.__new__
Path.__new__ = hacked_new # replace problematic method temporarily
data = pickle.load(open('LDA_data.pkl', 'rb'))
Path.__new__ = old_Path_new # restore old