provides a $ function for Path (#23617)

Co-authored-by: Andreas Rumpf <rumpf_a@web.de>
(cherry picked from commit 4e7c70fd7d)

changelog.md

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 slots when enlarging a sequence.
 - Added `hasDefaultValue` to `std/typetraits` to check if a type has a valid default value.
 - Added Viewport API for the JavaScript targets in the `dom` module.
+- Added `toSinglyLinkedRing` and `toDoublyLinkedRing` to `std/lists` to convert from `openArray`s.
+- ORC: To be enabled via `nimOrcStats` there is a new API called `GC_orcStats` that can be used to query how many
+  objects the cyclic collector did free. If the number is zero that is a strong indicator that you can use `--mm:arc`
+  instead of `--mm:orc`.
+- A `$` template is provided for `Path` in `std/paths`.
 
 [//]: # "Deprecations:"
 

lib/std/paths.nim

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ export ReadDirEffect, WriteDirEffect
 type
   Path* = distinct string
 
+template `$`*(x: Path): string =
+  string(x)
+
 func `==`*(x, y: Path): bool {.inline.} =
   ## Compares two paths.
   ##