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| author | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2003-07-13 17:21:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2003-07-13 17:21:10 +0000 |
| commit | 11b06854f5157d525eabf5ca74fa4db19414c774 (patch) | |
| tree | a5c845a83ff9d3a66bb50aff3503a2dd4d42a675 /Misc | |
| parent | 5dbeedb52f99788f649e8375331f2698b91fe8f1 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-11b06854f5157d525eabf5ca74fa4db19414c774.tar.gz | |
Make close() identical to __del__() for a dumbdbm database. Make
closing idempotent (it used to raise a nuisance exception on the 2nd
close attempt).
Bugfix candidate? Probably, but arguable.
Diffstat (limited to 'Misc')
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Extension modules Library ------- +- Closing a dumbdbm database more than once is now harmless (it used to + raise a nuisance exception on the second close). + - It's vital that a dumbdbm database be closed properly, else the on-disk data and directory files can be left in mutually inconsistent states. dumbdbm.py's _Database.__del__() method attempted to close |