Why exception from os.path.exists()?

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon at vub.be>:
> On 11-06-18 02:28, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> The *whole point* of o.p.exists is to return False, not raise an
>> exception.
>
> And the price is that it will not always give the correct answer.

Yes, but that's still the point of the function's existence.


Marko