Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> added the comment:
It's an invalid filename so it raises an exception.
You can get the same on Unix by using an invalid filename (embedded null):
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> Path("/usr/\0").exists()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/pathlib.py", line 1356, in exists
self.stat()
File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/pathlib.py", line 1178, in stat
return self._accessor.stat(self)
ValueError: embedded null byte
You need to be prepared for exceptions if you aren't sure you have a valid
path. One thing that might be useful, I guess, is a `Path.is_valid()` function.
But I don't know if all platforms have a way of asking the OS "is this a valid
pathname?" So catching the exception is probably best.
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