Bug report

Bug description:

While os.path.exists("") correctly returns False, the same input with Path("").exists() returns True.

>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> import os
>>> Path("").exists()
True
>>> os.path.exists("")
False
>>>

CPython versions tested on:

3.13

Operating systems tested on:

Linux

Linked PRs

• gh-140971: Doc: Clarify pathlib.Path("") behavior #140993