Builtin function for ntpath.lexists

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Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

The lexists() implementation in genericpath use os.stat(). This is overkill on Windows. We should use a simpler builtin function. This can also benefit pathlib.Path.glob().

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

• gh-117705: Add follow_symlinks to os.path.exists() #117729

Linked PRs

• gh-117841: Add C implementation of ntpath.lexists #117842
• GH-117841: Speed up pathlib.Path.glob() on Windows by using lexists() #117858

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Tracking further in #118507