[New-bugs-announce] [issue33617] subprocess.Popen etc do not accept os.PathLike in passed sequence on Windows

[Kyle Altendorf]

New submission from Kyle Altendorf <sda at fstab.net>:

PS C:\Users\FSTAB\Desktop\g\20\grid-tied> py -3.6 -c "import os, pathlib, subprocess; subprocess.run([pathlib.Path()])"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\subprocess.py", line 403, in run
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\subprocess.py", line 707, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\subprocess.py", line 964, in _execute_child
    args = list2cmdline(args)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\subprocess.py", line 461, in list2cmdline
    needquote = (" " in arg) or ("\t" in arg) or not arg
TypeError: argument of type 'WindowsPath' is not iterable


PR to follow soon.

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messages: 317408
nosy: altendky
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: subprocess.Popen etc do not accept os.PathLike in passed sequence on Windows

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