Why exception from os.path.exists()?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 02 Jun 2018 20:58:43 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:

>>> Windows isn't POSIX compliant.
>>
>> Technically, Windows is POSIX compliant. You have to turn off a bunch
>> of features, turn on another bunch of features, and what you get is the
>> bare minimum POSIX compliance possible, but it's enough to tick the
>> check box for POSIX compliance.
> 
> Really? I didn't know that Windows path names were POSIX compliant. Or
> do you have to use the Cygwin fudge to count Windows as POSIX? And what
> about POSIX signal handling?
> 
> Citation needed, big-time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb463220.aspx

https://brianreiter.org/2010/08/24/the-sad-history-of-the-microsoft-posix-
subsystem/



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