Fix closes Issue12676 - Invalid identifier used in TypeError message in http.client.

Reported by Popa Claudiu and Patch by Santoso Wijaya.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
index 890b1b9028..ce9e34638a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
@@ -246,6 +246,13 @@ class BasicTest(TestCase):
         conn.request('GET', '/foo', body(), {'Content-Length': '11'})
         self.assertEqual(sock.data, expected)
 
+    def test_send_type_error(self):
+        # See: Issue #12676
+        conn = client.HTTPConnection('example.com')
+        conn.sock = FakeSocket('')
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            conn.request('POST', 'test', conn)
+
     def test_chunked(self):
         chunked_start = (
             'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n'