On 1 June 2018 at 15:38, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2018-06-01, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Python allows strings with embedded \0 characters, so it's possible
>> to express that question in Python - os.path.exists('a\0b'). What
>> can be expressed in terms of the low-level (C-based) operating
>> system API shouldn't be relevant.
>
> Python allows floating point numbers, so it is possible to express
> this question in python: os.path.exists(3.14159). Is the fact that
> the underlying OS/filesystem can't identify files via a floating point
> number relevent? Should it return False or raise ValueError?
I'm not sure if you're asking a serious question here, or trying to
make some sort of point, but os.path.exists is documented as taking a
string, so passing a float should be a TypeError. And it is.
But as I already said, this is a huge amount of effort spent on a
pretty trivial corner case, so I'll duck out of this thread now.
Paul
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