Why exception from os.path.exists()?
Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Sat Jun 2 07:13:51 EDT 2018
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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Steven D'Aprano
"Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing
it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson
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