Eryk Sun <eryk...@gmail.com> added the comment:
> if the operation succeeds, no error/message is displayed
Some errors pass silently and may be confusing later on. For example,
CreateDirectoryW calls NtCreateFile with the disposition FILE_CREATE and the
option FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE (i.e. the call *must* create a new directory), but
some non-filesystem devices ignore this and let the request succeed. For
example:
>>> os.mkdir('C:/Temp/nul')
>>> os.mkdir('C:/Temp/conin$')
Both calls 'succeed' but don't actually create a directory:
>>> os.path.exists(r'\\?\C:\Temp\nul')
False
>>> os.path.exists(r'\\?\C:\Temp\conin$')
False
> either we need to search the string for the special names or find
> an API that will clarify it
GetFullPathNameW is a library function that shares the implementation that's
used to normalize paths in a create or open context.
If the path does not start with \\?\, then we resolve it via GetFullPathNameW.
If it becomes a device path, or if the final component changes (e.g. a trailing
dot or space is removed), then we can parenthetically include the resolved
path. For example:
os.stat('spam.'):
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified:
'spam.' [resolved path: 'C:\\Temp\\spam']
os.startfile('con'):
OSError: [WinError 1200] The specified device name is invalid: 'con'
[resolved path: '\\\\.\\con']
os.open('C:/Temp/lpt9', 0):
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:/Temp/lpt9'
[resolved path: '\\\\.\\lpt9']
For os.open() and open(), we should switch to using
PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWithFilenameObject instead of
PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilenameObject. _doserrno is valid in this context, so we
should be using it anyway to retain the more specific winerror value. Then we
only have to special case reserved names in the Windows-only function
PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWithFilenameObjects.
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keywords: +3.6regression
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