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authorSteve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com>2016-09-07 03:16:17 (GMT)
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Issue #6135: Adds encoding and errors parameters to subprocess
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@@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ proc: ...``) or call explicitly the :meth:`~subprocess.Popen.wait` method to
read the exit status of the child process (Contributed by Victor Stinner in
:issue:`26741`).
+The :class:`subprocess.Popen` constructor and all functions that pass arguments
+through to it now accept *encoding* and *errors* arguments. Specifying either
+of these will enable text mode for the *stdin*, *stdout* and *stderr* streams.
telnetlib
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