pathlib.Path.is_file vs os.path.isfile difference

[Grant Edwards]

On 2024-03-08, Grant Edwards via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:

>> OSError: [Errno 36] File name too long: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
>
> On all of the Linux filesystems I know about, the max length for a
> filename is 255 bytes, so the OSError is too surprising, and it does
> seem to follow the documentation.

Doh. I meant "is not too surprising".