diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 881a9ce800ae99..3ec39ca3e61e7a 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -43,10 +43,8 @@
import builtins
import errno
import io
-import locale
import os
import time
-import signal
import sys
import threading
import warnings
@@ -138,6 +136,8 @@ def __init__(self, returncode, cmd, output=None, stderr=None):
def __str__(self):
if self.returncode and self.returncode < 0:
+ # Lazy import to improve module import time
+ import signal
try:
return "Command '%s' died with %r." % (
self.cmd, signal.Signals(-self.returncode))
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ def _text_encoding():
if sys.flags.utf8_mode:
return "utf-8"
else:
+ # Lazy import to improve module import time
+ import locale
return locale.getencoding()
@@ -1655,6 +1657,9 @@ def send_signal(self, sig):
# Don't signal a process that we know has already died.
if self.returncode is not None:
return
+
+ # Lazy import to improve module import time
+ import signal
if sig == signal.SIGTERM:
self.terminate()
elif sig == signal.CTRL_C_EVENT:
@@ -1759,6 +1764,9 @@ def _posix_spawn(self, args, executable, env, restore_signals,
kwargs = {}
if restore_signals:
+ # Lazy import to improve module import time
+ import signal
+
# See _Py_RestoreSignals() in Python/pylifecycle.c
sigset = []
for signame in ('SIGPIPE', 'SIGXFZ', 'SIGXFSZ'):
@@ -2208,9 +2216,13 @@ def send_signal(self, sig):
def terminate(self):
"""Terminate the process with SIGTERM
"""
+ # Lazy import to improve module import time
+ import signal
self.send_signal(signal.SIGTERM)
def kill(self):
"""Kill the process with SIGKILL
"""
+ # Lazy import to improve module import time
+ import signal
self.send_signal(signal.SIGKILL)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-01-29-10-53-32.gh-issue-118761.i8wjpV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-01-29-10-53-32.gh-issue-118761.i8wjpV.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0762cbe5d63949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-01-29-10-53-32.gh-issue-118761.i8wjpV.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Improve import time of :mod:`subprocess` by lazy importing ``locale`` and
+``signal``. Patch by Taneli Hukkinen.
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