Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> added the comment:
> it would be better for an exception to be thrown rather than creating a > corrupt folder. I am not convinced that Python should refuse to create a perfectly valid directory because some components of Windows sometimes have trouble resolving the pathname under some circumstances. Microsoft say: "Do not end a file or directory name with a space or a period. Although the underlying file system may support such names, the Windows shell and user interface does not." https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file#naming_conventions but Python is talking to the file system, not the shell or Windows Explorer. This is a common problem, with numerous solutions: https://superuser.com/questions/198256/how-to-delete-a-folder-containing-trailing-spaces It's apparently quite common in shared environments where (for example) Mac users may copy files ending with a space onto Windows drives. ---------- components: +Windows nosy: +paul.moore, steve.dower, steven.daprano, tim.golden, zach.ware _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue37506> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
