Why exception from os.path.exists()?

[Gregory Ewing]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> Python allows floating point numbers, so it is possible to express
> this question in python: os.path.exists(3.14159).  Is the fact that
> the underlying OS/filesystem can't identify files via a floating point
> number relevent?  Should it return False or raise ValueError?

I don't know about that, but it's clear that
os.path.exists(1j) shoud raise OnlyInYourDreamsError.

-- 
Greg