[Python-checkins] gh-94352: shlex.split() no longer accepts None (#94353)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fbcee570d1e15e5260a456cb71c8b0897dc76237
commit: fbcee570d1e15e5260a456cb71c8b0897dc76237
branch: main
author: Victor Stinner <vstinner at python.org>
committer: vstinner <vstinner at python.org>
date: 2022-07-04T15:29:19+02:00
summary:

gh-94352: shlex.split() no longer accepts None (#94353)

shlex.split(): Passing None for s argument now raises an exception,
rather than reading sys.stdin. The feature was deprecated in Python
3.9.

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-06-28-00-24-48.gh-issue-94352.JY1Ayt.rst
M Doc/library/shlex.rst
M Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
M Lib/shlex.py
M Lib/test/test_shlex.py

diff --git a/Doc/library/shlex.rst b/Doc/library/shlex.rst
index aab6a54379209..0bad51833aae1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shlex.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shlex.rst
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ The :mod:`shlex` module defines the following functions:
       instance, passing ``None`` for *s* will read the string to split from
       standard input.
 
-   .. deprecated:: 3.9
-      Passing ``None`` for *s* will raise an exception in future Python
-      versions.
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.12
+      Passing ``None`` for *s* argument now raises an exception, rather than
+      reading :data:`sys.stdin`.
 
 .. function:: join(split_command)
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
index 620aa91f6da22..ed21abaeb6dc1 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -324,6 +324,11 @@ Changes in the Python API
   to :term:`filesystem encoding and error handler`.
   Argument files should be encoded in UTF-8 instead of ANSI Codepage on Windows.
 
+* :func:`shlex.split`: Passing ``None`` for *s* argument now raises an
+  exception, rather than reading :data:`sys.stdin`. The feature was deprecated
+  in Python 3.9.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`94352`.)
+
 
 Build Changes
 =============
diff --git a/Lib/shlex.py b/Lib/shlex.py
index 4801a6c1d47bd..a91c9b022627b 100644
--- a/Lib/shlex.py
+++ b/Lib/shlex.py
@@ -305,9 +305,7 @@ def __next__(self):
 def split(s, comments=False, posix=True):
     """Split the string *s* using shell-like syntax."""
     if s is None:
-        import warnings
-        warnings.warn("Passing None for 's' to shlex.split() is deprecated.",
-                      DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        raise ValueError("s argument must not be None")
     lex = shlex(s, posix=posix)
     lex.whitespace_split = True
     if not comments:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shlex.py b/Lib/test/test_shlex.py
index 3081a785204ed..92598dbbd5f29 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shlex.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shlex.py
@@ -162,9 +162,8 @@ def oldSplit(self, s):
             tok = lex.get_token()
         return ret
 
-    @mock.patch('sys.stdin', io.StringIO())
-    def testSplitNoneDeprecation(self):
-        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+    def testSplitNone(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             shlex.split(None)
 
     def testSplitPosix(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-06-28-00-24-48.gh-issue-94352.JY1Ayt.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-06-28-00-24-48.gh-issue-94352.JY1Ayt.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3a166abdcc320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-06-28-00-24-48.gh-issue-94352.JY1Ayt.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:func:`shlex.split`: Passing ``None`` for *s* argument now raises an exception,
+rather than reading :data:`sys.stdin`. The feature was deprecated in Python
+3.9. Patch by Victor Stinner.