Validate Windows console mode arguments by youknowdot · Pull Request #9622 · RustPython/RustPython

youknowdot · 2026-11-03T13:30:21Z

Summary

Improve _io._WindowsConsoleIO mode validation:

Reuse the existing nul_char_error helper for embedded-NUL rejection, with an explicit import in the Windows-only module.
Preserve the native 'r' default only when mode is omitted. Once arguments have been bound, reject explicit None with TypeError and an embedded NUL with ValueError, before changing the console object's fd state.
Keep the existing argument conversion and unexpected-keyword checking order. The mode check happens after the existing closefd conversion, which remains a difference from CPython Clinic's conversion order.

The default remains unboxed. The NUL check adds one linear scan of supplied mode strings. The metadata records 'r'; this is not a complete constructor signature or behavior fix. Existing file keyword binding, non-None wrong-type diagnostic wording, closefd truth conversion and other argument-binding differences remain.

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Independently reviewed against CPython 3.15 Modules/_io/clinic/winconsoleio.c.h and the derive binder, including malformed-keyword precedence after the revision.
prek run --files crates/vm/src/stdlib/_io.rs, normal commit hooks, and git diff --check passed.
Applied cleanly to Check signals during unbounded FileIO reads #9571; the changes touch separate FileIO and Windows console sections.
The final helper correction passed independent source review, focused Linux cargo check for host-env/VM/stdlib with threading, warning-free normal all-targets Clippy for those packages, and ordinary commit hooks. Linux compilation does not typecheck the Windows-only module.
Native RustPython execution, full workspace/C-API suites, and Windows compilation/runtime were not run locally; platform validation remains for CI.

Related: #9571

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Bug Fixes
- Windows console I/O now defaults to read mode only when the mode argument is omitted. Passing None or a mode containing a NUL character now raises an error.

Distinguish an omitted mode from explicit None and reject embedded NUL before converting closefd, without boxing the native default. Assisted-by: dot:frontier-intelligence

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WindowsConsoleIO now defaults to "r" only when mode is omitted. Explicit None raises TypeError, and mode strings containing NUL raise a NUL-character error.

Changes: Windows console mode validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Mode argument handling `crates/vm/src/stdlib/_io.rs`	`WindowsConsoleIOArgs` distinguishes an omitted `mode` from explicit `None`. Initialization defaults omitted `mode` to `"r"`, raises `TypeError` for explicit `None`, and rejects NUL characters in mode strings.

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Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

RustPython/RustPython#9570: Changes argument conversion and ordering for _WindowsConsoleIO in the same file.

Suggested reviewers: youknowone

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The change rejects invalid console modes before altering fd state. No actionable merge-blocking issue was identified; Windows compilation and runtime validation remain for CI.

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Defer mode validation until after the existing binder has checked remaining keywords, while preserving omission separately from explicit None. Assisted-by: dot:frontier-intelligence

youknowone · 2026-11-04T01:08:50Z

+            if mode_str.contains('\0') {
+                return Err(vm.new_value_error("embedded null character"));
+            }


there must be a helper for this

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Validate Windows console mode arguments

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Distinguish an omitted mode from explicit None and reject embedded NUL before converting closefd, without boxing the native default. Assisted-by: dot:frontier-intelligence

Preserve console keyword error precedence

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Defer mode validation until after the existing binder has checked remaining keywords, while preserving omission separately from explicit None. Assisted-by: dot:frontier-intelligence

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Reuse the shared console mode NUL error

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