On 31 May 2018 at 15:01, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can someone on Windows see if there are other path names that raise > ValueError there? Windows has a whole lot more invalid characters, and > invalid names as well.
On Windows: >>> os.path.exists('\0') ValueError: stat: embedded null character in path >>> os.path.exists('?') False >>> os.path.exists('\u77412') False >>> os.path.exists('\t') False Honestly, I think the OP's point is correct. os.path.exists should simply return False if the filename has an embedded \0 - at least on Unix. I don't know if Windows allows \0 in filenames, but if it does, then os.path.exists should respect that... Although I wouldn't consider this as anything even remotely like a significant issue... Paul -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list