Why exception from os.path.exists()?

[Paul Moore]

On 31 May 2018 at 15:01, Chris Angelico <rosuav at 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