gh-145242: Add early validation for target in Thread and Process

[gourijain029-del]

his PR adds early validation for the

target
argument in the constructors of threading.Thread and multiprocessing.Process.

Changes
Early Validation: The

target
argument is now checked for callability within

init
. If a non-callable

target
is provided (and it is not

None
), a TypeError is raised immediately in the calling thread.
Improved Tracebacks: Previously, the validation would only fail deep within the library's internal

_bootstrap
or

start()
logic. By moving this check to the constructor, the resulting traceback now clearly points to the line where the

Thread
or

Process
object was instantiated, making it significantly easier for users to debug.
Group Argument Validation: Replaced internal assert group is None statements with explicit TypeError raises. This ensures consistent error reporting even when Python is run with optimizations (-O).
Unit Tests: Added

test_invalid_args
to both test_threading and test_multiprocessing to ensure correct behavior and prevent regressions.

• Issue: Exception stacktrace generated from passing an invalid target to Thread(...).start() does not include the line calling the start() method #145242

[StanFromIreland]

You have unrelated changes on this branch.

[picnixz]

Please revert unrelated changes.

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