docs: def path_exists_or_creatable(pathname: str) -> bool:
      """Checks whether the given path exists or is creatable.
  
      This function is guaranteed to _never_ raise exceptions.
  
      Returns
      -------
      `True` if the passed pathname is a valid pathname for the current OS _and_
      either currently exists or is hypothetically creatable; `False` otherwise.
      """
      try:
          # To prevent "os" module calls from raising undesirable exceptions on
          # invalid pathnames, is_pathname_valid() is explicitly called first.
          return is_pathname_valid(pathname) and (
              os.path.exists(pathname) or is_path_creatable(pathname))
      # Report failure on non-fatal filesystem complaints (e.g., connection
      # timeouts, permissions issues) implying this path to be inaccessible. All
      # other exceptions are unrelated fatal issues and should not be caught
      # here.
      except OSError:
          return False