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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/subprocess.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst10
-rw-r--r--Lib/subprocess.py3
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_subprocess.py8
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
5 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index 2ec94bf..0545267 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -497,6 +497,10 @@ functions.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Added context manager support.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.6
+ Popen destructor now emits a :exc:`ResourceWarning` warning if the child
+ process is still running.
+
Exceptions
^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index 67fd50f..2ec8f00 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -330,6 +330,16 @@ protocol.
(Contributed by Aviv Palivoda in :issue:`26404`.)
+subprocess
+----------
+
+:class:`subprocess.Popen` destructor now emits a :exc:`ResourceWarning` warning
+if the child process is still running. Use the context manager protocol (``with
+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`).
+
+
telnetlib
---------
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 41a9de1..b853f4d 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -1006,6 +1006,9 @@ class Popen(object):
if not self._child_created:
# We didn't get to successfully create a child process.
return
+ if self.returncode is None:
+ warnings.warn("running subprocess %r" % self, ResourceWarning,
+ source=self)
# In case the child hasn't been waited on, check if it's done.
self._internal_poll(_deadstate=_maxsize)
if self.returncode is None and _active is not None:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 5239e5a..a8f0a64 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -2286,7 +2286,9 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
self.addCleanup(p.stderr.close)
ident = id(p)
pid = p.pid
- del p
+ with support.check_warnings(('', ResourceWarning)):
+ p = None
+
# check that p is in the active processes list
self.assertIn(ident, [id(o) for o in subprocess._active])
@@ -2305,7 +2307,9 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
self.addCleanup(p.stderr.close)
ident = id(p)
pid = p.pid
- del p
+ with support.check_warnings(('', ResourceWarning)):
+ p = None
+
os.kill(pid, signal.SIGKILL)
# check that p is in the active processes list
self.assertIn(ident, [id(o) for o in subprocess._active])
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ba66c4e..5dccc5c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #26741: subprocess.Popen destructor now emits a ResourceWarning warning
+ if the child process is still running.
+
- Issue #27056: Optimize pickle.load() and pickle.loads(), up to 10% faster
to deserialize a lot of small objects.