New submission from Dan Buchoff: If a path has a non-existent anchor, Path.mkdir can get into a RecursionError as it tries to recursively create the parent. I expect a more sane error.
This is readily reproducible in Windows with `Path('Z:').mkdir(parents=True)` Example execution: Python 3.6.0 (v3.6.0:41df79263a11, Dec 23 2016, 08:06:12) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from pathlib import Path >>> Path('Z:').mkdir(parents=True) Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python36\lib\pathlib.py", line 1231, in mkdir self._accessor.mkdir(self, mode) File "C:\Python36\lib\pathlib.py", line 388, in wrapped return strfunc(str(pathobj), *args) FileNotFoundError: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'Z:' During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: ... During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "C:\Python36\lib\pathlib.py", line 1238, in mkdir self.parent.mkdir(parents=True) File "C:\Python36\lib\pathlib.py", line 1238, in mkdir self.parent.mkdir(parents=True) File "C:\Python36\lib\pathlib.py", line 1238, in mkdir self.parent.mkdir(parents=True) [Previous line repeated 989 more times] File "C:\Python36\lib\pathlib.py", line 1231, in mkdir self._accessor.mkdir(self, mode) File "C:\Python36\lib\pathlib.py", line 388, in wrapped return strfunc(str(pathobj), *args) RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded ---------- components: Library (Lib), Windows messages: 286717 nosy: Dan Buchoff, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Path.mkdir can get into a recursive error loop versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29416> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com