subprocess.Popen() TypeError message incorrect without args argument

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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Start at the subprocess.Popen() entry point and reproduce the TypeError when the args argument is omitted. Compare the observed message with the intended missing-argument behavior, then identify the relevant subprocess tests; done means the message is corrected and the regression is covered.

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Description

stdlib topic-subprocess type-bug
BPO 16520
Nosy @mdickinson, @ezio-melotti, @cjerdonek, @nanjekyejoannah, @carlbordum
Dependencies
  • bpo-16543: improve TypeError messages for missing arguments (meta issue)
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-11-21.08:45:12.904>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library']
title = 'subprocess.Popen() TypeError message incorrect without args argument'
updated_at = <Date 2019-07-13.14:35:33.918>
user = 'https://github.com/cjerdonek'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2019-07-13.14:35:33.918>
actor = 'carlbordum'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2012-11-21.08:45:12.904>
creator = 'chris.jerdonek'
dependencies = ['16543']
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 16520
keywords = []
message_count = 6.0
messages = ['176047', '176048', '176049', '176069', '176071', '347828']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['mark.dickinson', 'ezio.melotti', 'chris.jerdonek', 'nanjekyejoannah', 'carlbordum']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue16520'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2', 'Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4']

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