From 5228cb2472da65cd5b7194bd3fb9864345f3d67b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 00:41:25 +0000 Subject: Make sure that a forked child process exits even if it raises an exception. --- Lib/test/test_mailbox.py | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Lib') 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. -- cgit v1.2.1