pythongh-58032: Do not use argparse.FileType in module CLIs and scrip…

…ts (pythonGH-113649)

Open and close files manually. It prevents from leaking files,
preliminary creation of output files, and accidental closing of stdin
and stdout.

Lib/ast.py

@@ -1812,8 +1812,7 @@ def main():
     import argparse
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='python -m ast')
-    parser.add_argument('infile', type=argparse.FileType(mode='rb'), nargs='?',
-                        default='-',
+    parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?', default='-',
                         help='the file to parse; defaults to stdin')
     parser.add_argument('-m', '--mode', default='exec',
                         choices=('exec', 'single', 'eval', 'func_type'),
@@ -1827,9 +1826,14 @@ def main():
                         help='indentation of nodes (number of spaces)')
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    with args.infile as infile:
-        source = infile.read()
-    tree = parse(source, args.infile.name, args.mode, type_comments=args.no_type_comments)
+    if args.infile == '-':
+        name = '<stdin>'
+        source = sys.stdin.buffer.read()
+    else:
+        name = args.infile
+        with open(args.infile, 'rb') as infile:
+            source = infile.read()
+    tree = parse(source, name, args.mode, type_comments=args.no_type_comments)
     print(dump(tree, include_attributes=args.include_attributes, indent=args.indent))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

Lib/dis.py

@@ -1032,11 +1032,16 @@ def main():
                         help='show inline caches')
     parser.add_argument('-O', '--show-offsets', action='store_true',
                         help='show instruction offsets')
-    parser.add_argument('infile', type=argparse.FileType('rb'), nargs='?', default='-')
+    parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?', default='-')
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    with args.infile as infile:
-        source = infile.read()
-    code = compile(source, args.infile.name, "exec")
+    if args.infile == '-':
+        name = '<stdin>'
+        source = sys.stdin.buffer.read()
+    else:
+        name = args.infile
+        with open(args.infile, 'rb') as infile:
+            source = infile.read()
+    code = compile(source, name, "exec")
     dis(code, show_caches=args.show_caches, show_offsets=args.show_offsets)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

Lib/json/tool.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import argparse
 import json
 import sys
-from pathlib import Path
 
 
 def main():
@@ -22,11 +21,9 @@ def main():
                    'to validate and pretty-print JSON objects.')
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=prog, description=description)
     parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?',
-                        type=argparse.FileType(encoding="utf-8"),
                         help='a JSON file to be validated or pretty-printed',
-                        default=sys.stdin)
+                        default='-')
     parser.add_argument('outfile', nargs='?',
-                        type=Path,
                         help='write the output of infile to outfile',
                         default=None)
     parser.add_argument('--sort-keys', action='store_true', default=False,
@@ -59,23 +56,30 @@ def main():
         dump_args['indent'] = None
         dump_args['separators'] = ',', ':'
 
-    with options.infile as infile:
+    try:
+        if options.infile == '-':
+            infile = sys.stdin
+        else:
+            infile = open(options.infile, encoding='utf-8')
         try:
             if options.json_lines:
                 objs = (json.loads(line) for line in infile)
             else:
                 objs = (json.load(infile),)
+        finally:
+            if infile is not sys.stdin:
+                infile.close()
 
-            if options.outfile is None:
-                out = sys.stdout
-            else:
-                out = options.outfile.open('w', encoding='utf-8')
-            with out as outfile:
-                for obj in objs:
-                    json.dump(obj, outfile, **dump_args)
-                    outfile.write('\n')
-        except ValueError as e:
-            raise SystemExit(e)
+        if options.outfile is None:
+            outfile = sys.stdout
+        else:
+            outfile = open(options.outfile, 'w', encoding='utf-8')
+        with outfile:
+            for obj in objs:
+                json.dump(obj, outfile, **dump_args)
+                outfile.write('\n')
+    except ValueError as e:
+        raise SystemExit(e)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

Tools/importbench/importbench.py

@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ def using_bytecode_benchmark(seconds, repeat):
 
 def main(import_, options):
     if options.source_file:
-        with options.source_file:
-            prev_results = json.load(options.source_file)
+        with open(options.source_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as source_file:
+            prev_results = json.load(source_file)
     else:
         prev_results = {}
     __builtins__.__import__ = import_
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ def main(import_, options):
                                               new_result/old_result)
             print(benchmark_name, ':', result)
     if options.dest_file:
-        with options.dest_file:
-            json.dump(new_results, options.dest_file, indent=2)
+        with open(options.dest_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as dest_file:
+            json.dump(new_results, dest_file, indent=2)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -229,11 +229,9 @@ def main(import_, options):
     parser.add_argument('-b', '--builtin', dest='builtin', action='store_true',
                         default=False, help="use the built-in __import__")
     parser.add_argument('-r', '--read', dest='source_file',
-                        type=argparse.FileType('r'),
                         help='file to read benchmark data from to compare '
                              'against')
     parser.add_argument('-w', '--write', dest='dest_file',
-                        type=argparse.FileType('w'),
                         help='file to write benchmark data to')
     parser.add_argument('--benchmark', dest='benchmark',
                         help='specific benchmark to run')

Tools/peg_generator/pegen/keywordgen.py

@@ -41,25 +41,24 @@ def main() -> None:
         description="Generate the Lib/keywords.py file from the grammar."
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "grammar", type=str, help="The file with the grammar definition in PEG format"
+        "grammar", help="The file with the grammar definition in PEG format"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "tokens_file", type=argparse.FileType("r"), help="The file with the token definitions"
+        "tokens_file", help="The file with the token definitions"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "keyword_file",
-        type=argparse.FileType("w"),
         help="The path to write the keyword definitions",
     )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     grammar, _, _ = build_parser(args.grammar)
-    with args.tokens_file as tok_file:
+    with open(args.tokens_file) as tok_file:
         all_tokens, exact_tok, non_exact_tok = generate_token_definitions(tok_file)
     gen = CParserGenerator(grammar, all_tokens, exact_tok, non_exact_tok, file=None)
     gen.collect_rules()
 
-    with args.keyword_file as thefile:
+    with open(args.keyword_file, 'w') as thefile:
         all_keywords = sorted(list(gen.keywords.keys()))
         all_soft_keywords = sorted(gen.soft_keywords)
 

Tools/scripts/summarize_stats.py

@@ -1154,12 +1154,13 @@ def to_markdown(x):
             print("Stats gathered on:", date.today(), file=out)
 
 
-def output_stats(inputs: list[Path], json_output=TextIO | None):
+def output_stats(inputs: list[Path], json_output=str | None):
     match len(inputs):
         case 1:
             data = load_raw_data(Path(inputs[0]))
             if json_output is not None:
-                save_raw_data(data, json_output)  # type: ignore
+                with open(json_output, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                    save_raw_data(data, f)  # type: ignore
             stats = Stats(data)
             output_markdown(sys.stdout, LAYOUT, stats)
         case 2:
@@ -1195,7 +1196,6 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--json-output",
         nargs="?",
-        type=argparse.FileType("w"),
         help="Output complete raw results to the given JSON file.",
     )
 

Tools/ssl/make_ssl_data.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 )
 parser.add_argument("srcdir", help="OpenSSL source directory")
 parser.add_argument(
-    "output", nargs="?", type=argparse.FileType("w"), default=sys.stdout
+    "output", nargs="?", default=None
 )
 
 
@@ -126,8 +126,13 @@ def main():
     lines.append("")
     lines.extend(gen_error_codes(args))
 
-    for line in lines:
-        args.output.write(line + "\n")
+    if args.output is None:
+        for line in lines:
+            print(line)
+    else:
+        with open(args.output, 'w') as output:
+            for line in lines:
+                print(line, file=output)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":