bpo-42388: Fix subprocess.check_output input=None when text=True (GH-23467)
When the modern text= spelling of the universal_newlines= parameter was added
for Python 3.7, check_output's special case around input=None was overlooked.
So it behaved differently with universal_newlines=True vs text=True. This
reconciles the behavior to be consistent and adds a test to guarantee it.
Also clarifies the existing check_output documentation.
Co-authored-by: Alexey Izbyshev <izbyshev@ispras.ru>
(cherry picked from commit
64abf373444944a240274a9b6d66d1cb01ecfcdd)
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>