From 3b479100df02e20dd949e046003ae96ddbfced57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Sawicki <contact@grub4k.xyz>
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 22:34:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [utils] `write_string`: Fix noconsole behavior

Ref: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/pull/7217

Authored by: Grub4K
---
 yt_dlp/utils.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index e9b8894473..8c2c5593cc 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -2057,6 +2057,9 @@ def get_windows_version():
 def write_string(s, out=None, encoding=None):
     assert isinstance(s, str)
     out = out or sys.stderr
+    # `sys.stderr` might be `None` (Ref: https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/pull/7217)
+    if not out:
+        return
 
     if compat_os_name == 'nt' and supports_terminal_sequences(out):
         s = re.sub(r'([\r\n]+)', r' \1', s)