return default ipc path whether it exists or not

Author: pacrob

newsfragments/3245.breaking.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+``get_default_ipc_path()`` and ``get_dev_ipc_path()`` now return the path value without checking if the ``geth.ipc`` file exists.

web3/providers/ipc.py

@@ -91,21 +91,15 @@ def get_default_ipc_path() -> Optional[str]:
         ipc_path = os.path.expanduser(
             os.path.join("~", "Library", "Ethereum", "geth.ipc")
         )
-        if os.path.exists(ipc_path):
-            return ipc_path
-        return None
+        return ipc_path
 
     elif sys.platform.startswith("linux") or sys.platform.startswith("freebsd"):
         ipc_path = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join("~", ".ethereum", "geth.ipc"))
-        if os.path.exists(ipc_path):
-            return ipc_path
-        return None
+        return ipc_path
 
     elif sys.platform == "win32":
         ipc_path = r"\\.\pipe\geth.ipc"
-        if os.path.exists(ipc_path):
-            return ipc_path
-        return None
+        return ipc_path
 
     else:
         raise ValueError(
@@ -117,27 +111,20 @@ def get_default_ipc_path() -> Optional[str]:
 def get_dev_ipc_path() -> Optional[str]:
     if os.environ.get("WEB3_PROVIDER_URI", ""):
         ipc_path = os.environ.get("WEB3_PROVIDER_URI")
-        if os.path.exists(ipc_path):
-            return ipc_path
-        return None
+        return ipc_path
 
     elif sys.platform == "darwin":
         tmpdir = os.environ.get("TMPDIR", "")
         ipc_path = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join(tmpdir, "geth.ipc"))
-        if os.path.exists(ipc_path):
-            return ipc_path
-        return None
+        return ipc_path
 
     elif sys.platform.startswith("linux") or sys.platform.startswith("freebsd"):
         ipc_path = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join("/tmp", "geth.ipc"))
-        if os.path.exists(ipc_path):
-            return ipc_path
-        return None
+        return ipc_path
 
     elif sys.platform == "win32":
         ipc_path = os.path.join("\\\\", ".", "pipe", "geth.ipc")
-        if os.path.exists(ipc_path):
-            return ipc_path
+        return ipc_path
 
     else:
         raise ValueError(