[issue12085] subprocess.Popen.__del__ raises AttributeError if __init__ was called with an invalid argument list

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:

We can use a class attribute to set the attribute before calling __init__:

diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -664,6 +664,8 @@ _PLATFORM_DEFAULT_CLOSE_FDS = object()
 
 
 class Popen(object):
+    _child_created = False
+
     def __init__(self, args, bufsize=0, executable=None,
                  stdin=None, stdout=None, stderr=None,
                  preexec_fn=None, close_fds=_PLATFORM_DEFAULT_CLOSE_FDS,

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nosy: +haypo

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