Does This Scare You?

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro
<lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>     Python 3.5.2+ (default, Aug  5 2016, 08:07:14)
>     [GCC 6.1.1 20160724] on linux
>     Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>     >>> from pathlib import PureWindowsPath
>     >>> PureWindowsPath("prn").is_reserved()
>     True
>     >>> PureWindowsPath("prn.doc").is_reserved()
>     True
>     >>> PureWindowsPath("com9.exe").is_reserved()
>     True
>     >>> PureWindowsPath("c:/my documents/prn.doc").is_reserved()
>     True

When was the last time you wanted to create a file with a reserved
name? Paths, drive letters, file extensions, don't matter. All that
matters is the base name.

Not a Python issue; they're reserved by Windows.

ChrisA