bpo-35306: Avoid raising OSError from pathlib.Path.exists when passed an invalid filename (GH-25529)

zooba · web-flow · commit 4696f1285d83 · 2021-04-22T21:04:44.000+01:00
diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 _IGNORED_WINERRORS = (
     21,  # ERROR_NOT_READY - drive exists but is not accessible
+    123, # ERROR_INVALID_NAME - fix for bpo-35306
     1921,  # ERROR_CANT_RESOLVE_FILENAME - fix for broken symlink pointing to itself
 )
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2021-04-22-20-39-49.bpo-35306.F0Cg6X.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2021-04-22-20-39-49.bpo-35306.F0Cg6X.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Avoid raising errors from :meth:`pathlib.Path.exists()` when passed an
+invalid filename.

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`@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@`
`33`	`33`
`34`	`34`	`_IGNORED_WINERRORS = (`
`35`	`35`	`21, # ERROR_NOT_READY - drive exists but is not accessible`
	`36`	`+ 123, # ERROR_INVALID_NAME - fix for bpo-35306`
`36`	`37`	`1921, # ERROR_CANT_RESOLVE_FILENAME - fix for broken symlink pointing to itself`
`37`	`38`	`)`
`38`	`39`
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	`1`	+Avoid raising errors from :meth:`pathlib.Path.exists()` when passed an
	`2`	`+invalid filename.`