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

[Barry]

> On 8 Mar 2024, at 23:19, Thomas Passin via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:
> 
> We just learned a few posts back that it might be specific to Linux; I ran it on Windows.

Depending on the exact win32 api used there is a 257 limit on windows.
The 257 includes 2 for the device, C:, and 255 for the path part that will use 1 for the leading \. Getting an error for a name that is 255 is not surprising.

Other api allow for 65535 limit, not sure on its additional limits.

Barry