Issue #19481: print() of string subclass instance in IDLE no more hangs.

Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py

@@ -1331,8 +1331,11 @@ class PseudoOutputFile(PseudoFile):
     def write(self, s):
         if self.closed:
             raise ValueError("write to closed file")
-        if not isinstance(s, str):
-            raise TypeError('must be str, not ' + type(s).__name__)
+        if type(s) is not str:
+            if not isinstance(s, str):
+                raise TypeError('must be str, not ' + type(s).__name__)
+            # See issue #19481
+            s = str.__str__(s)
         return self.shell.write(s, self.tags)
 
 

Misc/NEWS

@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ Library
 - Issue #19286: Directories in ``package_data`` are no longer added to
   the filelist, preventing failure outlined in the ticket.
 
+IDLE
+----
+
+- Issue #19481: print() of string subclass instance in IDLE no more hangs.
+
 Tests
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