[issue19992] subprocess documentation not explicit about fileno()

Cheryl Sabella added the comment: Assigning to @Mariatta for the sprints. -- assignee: docs@python -> Mariatta nosy: +Mariatta, cheryl.sabella type: -> enhancement versions: +Python 3.7, Python 3.8 -Python 2.7, Python 3.5, Python 3.6 ___ Python

[issue19992] subprocess documentation not explicit about fileno()

Changes by Martin Panter : -- stage: -> needs patch versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.5, Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue19992] subprocess documentation not explicit about fileno()

New submission from Thayne McCombs: The subprocess documentation for stdout/stderr/stdin states: Valid values are PIPE, an existing file descriptor (a positive integer), an existing file object, and None. PIPE indicates that a new pipe to the child should be created. However, file-like