Type error when adding dependency without version constraint

[uuf6429]

My composer.json:

N/A (creating new one)

Output of composer diagnose:

omposer diagnose                                                                                                                                       1 ✘  22s   08:53:17  
Checking platform settings: OK
Checking git settings: OK
Checking http connectivity to packagist: OK
Checking https connectivity to packagist: OK
Checking github.com oauth access: OK
Checking disk free space: OK
Checking pubkeys: 
Tags Public Key Fingerprint: 57815BA2 7E54DC31 7ECC7CC5 573090D0  87719BA6 8F3BB723 4E5D42D0 84A14642
Dev Public Key Fingerprint: 4AC45767 E5EC2265 2F0C1167 CBBB8A2B  0C708369 153E328C AD90147D AFE50952
OK
Checking composer version: OK
Composer version: 2.3.3
PHP version: 7.3.33
PHP binary path: /usr/local/Cellar/php@7.3/7.3.33_2/bin/php
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.1.1m  14 Dec 2021
cURL version: 7.82.0 libz 1.2.11 ssl (SecureTransport) OpenSSL/1.1.1n
zip: extension present, unzip present, 7-Zip present (7z)

When I run this command:

composer init

I get the following output:

composer init                                                                                                                                                     ✔  08:57:36  

                                            
  Welcome to the Composer config generator  
                                            


This command will guide you through creating your composer.json config.

Package name (<vendor>/<name>) [user/test]: 
Description []: 
Author [Christian Sciberras <christian@xxxxxxxxx>, n to skip]: 
Minimum Stability []: 
Package Type (e.g. library, project, metapackage, composer-plugin) []: 
License []: 

Define your dependencies.

Would you like to define your dependencies (require) interactively [yes]? 
Search for a package: symfony/process
Enter the version constraint to require (or leave blank to use the latest version): 

In PackageDiscoveryTrait.php line 228:
                                                       
  [TypeError]                                          
  trim() expects parameter 1 to be string, bool given  
                                                       

Exception trace:
  at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Command/PackageDiscoveryTrait.php:228
 trim() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Command/PackageDiscoveryTrait.php:228
 Composer\Command\InitCommand->Composer\Command\{closure}() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php:474
 Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\QuestionHelper->validateAttempts() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php:74
 Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\QuestionHelper->ask() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/IO/ConsoleIO.php:301
 Composer\IO\ConsoleIO->askAndValidate() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Command/PackageDiscoveryTrait.php:237
 Composer\Command\InitCommand->determineRequirements() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php:415
 Composer\Command\InitCommand->interact() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php:283
 Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:1015
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:299
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:334
 Composer\Console\Application->doRun() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:171
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:130
 Composer\Console\Application->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/bin/composer:83
 require() at /usr/local/bin/composer:29

init [--name NAME] [--description DESCRIPTION] [--author AUTHO....

And I expected this to happen:

Package added, composer.json file is written.

Additionally, I just realised, shouldn't the stack trace only be visible with at least some level of verbosity? (I didn't specify any verbosity)

[Seldaek]

Thanks for the report