Revert "bpo-31961: subprocess now accepts path-like args (GH-4329)" (GH-5912) (GH-5931)
* Revert "bpo-31961: subprocess now accepts path-like args (GH-4329)"
This reverts commit dd42cb71f2cb02f3a32f016137b12a146bc0d0e2.
(cherry picked from commit be50a7b627d0aa37e08fa8e2d5568891f19903ce)
Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 2723bc9..93635ee 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -1097,12 +1097,7 @@
assert not pass_fds, "pass_fds not supported on Windows."
if not isinstance(args, str):
- try:
- args = os.fsdecode(args) # os.PathLike -> str
- except TypeError: # not an os.PathLike, must be a sequence.
- args = list(args)
- args[0] = os.fsdecode(args[0]) # os.PathLike -> str
- args = list2cmdline(args)
+ args = list2cmdline(args)
# Process startup details
if startupinfo is None:
@@ -1374,10 +1369,7 @@
if isinstance(args, (str, bytes)):
args = [args]
else:
- try:
- args = list(args)
- except TypeError: # os.PathLike instead of a sequence?
- args = [os.fsencode(args)] # os.PathLike -> [str]
+ args = list(args)
if shell:
# On Android the default shell is at '/system/bin/sh'.