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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2007-04-09 00:41:25 +0000 |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2007-04-09 00:41:25 +0000 |
commit | 5228cb2472da65cd5b7194bd3fb9864345f3d67b (patch) | |
tree | 95a5b2ba248d3ca13f0c01c4be86bcc06e867c82 /Lib | |
parent | ce2346590e5717289f80707b5b814148a10d1c7a (diff) | |
download | cpython-5228cb2472da65cd5b7194bd3fb9864345f3d67b.tar.gz |
Make sure that a forked child process exits even if it raises an exception.
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib')
-rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_mailbox.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py index 181e32b555..803edd589d 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py @@ -735,10 +735,12 @@ class _TestMboxMMDF(TestMailbox): pid = os.fork() if pid == 0: # In the child, lock the mailbox. - self._box.lock() - time.sleep(2) - self._box.unlock() - os._exit(0) + try: + self._box.lock() + time.sleep(2) + self._box.unlock() + finally: + os._exit(0) # In the parent, sleep a bit to give the child time to acquire # the lock. |