Add checks for threading.Thread 'args' parameter in the constructor.

Author: MattiHayes

Lib/threading.py

@@ -909,6 +909,10 @@ class is implemented.
 
         self._target = target
         self._name = name
+
+        if isinstance(args, (str, bytes)) or not hasattr(args, '__iter__'):
+            raise TypeError(f"'args' must be a non-string iterable like a tuple or list, not {type(args).__name__}")
+    
         self._args = args
         self._kwargs = kwargs
         if daemon is not None: