[3.14] gh-138234: clarify returncode behavior for subprocesses created with shell=True (GH-138536)#146254
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… with `shell=True` (pythonGH-138536) (cherry picked from commit 8a531f8) Co-authored-by: andreuu-tsai <32549555+andreuu-tsai@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Kumar Aditya <kumaraditya@python.org>
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Co-authored-by: Kumar Aditya kumaraditya@python.org
asyncio.create_subprocess_shelldoes not consistently result in negativereturncodeon signal termination #138234📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--146254.org.readthedocs.build/