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[3.9] bpo-41082: Add note on errors that may be raised by home() and expanduser() #28186

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Add note on errors that may be raised by home() and expanduser()
akulakov Sep 6, 2021
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fix wording
akulakov Sep 6, 2021
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expand note for posix errors
akulakov Sep 6, 2021
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s/Posix/POSIX/
ambv Sep 8, 2021
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Expand Up @@ -708,6 +708,10 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist).
>>> Path.home()
PosixPath('/home/antoine')

Note that unlike :func:`os.path.expanduser`, on Posix systems a
:exc:`KeyError` or :exc:`RuntimeError` will be raised, and on Windows systems a
:exc:`RuntimeError` will be raised if home directory can't be resolved.

.. versionadded:: 3.5


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>>> p.expanduser()
PosixPath('/home/eric/films/Monty Python')

Note that unlike :func:`os.path.expanduser`, on Posix systems a
:exc:`KeyError` or :exc:`RuntimeError` will be raised, and on Windows systems a
:exc:`RuntimeError` will be raised if home directory can't be resolved.

.. versionadded:: 3.5


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