Why exception from os.path.exists()?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 31 May 2018 22:46:35 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
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>> Most other analogous reasons *don't* generate an exception, nor is that
>> possibility mentioned in the specification:
>>
>>    https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.path.html?#os.path.exists
>>
>> Is the behavior a bug? Shouldn't it be:
>>
>>    >>> os.path.exists("\0")
>>    False
> 
> A Unix path name cannot contain a null byte, so what you have is a
> fundamentally invalid name. ValueError is perfectly acceptable.

It should still be documented.

What does it do on Windows if the path is illegal?



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