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pathlib.PurePath.with_name() rejects names with NTFS alternate data streams; accepts '.' #110488

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This shouldn't raise an exception:

>>> pathlib.PureWindowsPath('foo', 'a').with_name('a:b')
ValueError: Invalid name 'a:b'

(affects all versions of pathlib)

This should raise an exception:

>>> pathlib.PurePath('foo', 'a').with_name('.')
PurePosixPath('foo/.')

(affects 3.12 and up)

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