- create tag for 2.5-rc1release0_2

- fix name of old 0.2 tag

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/pyparallel/parallel/parallelppdev.py b/pyparallel/parallel/parallelppdev.py
index d600c4a..18cc54c 100644
--- a/pyparallel/parallel/parallelppdev.py
+++ b/pyparallel/parallel/parallelppdev.py
@@ -183,21 +183,15 @@ class Parallel:
             self.device = port
         else:
             self.device = "/dev/parport%d" % port
-        self._fd = None
         self._fd = os.open(self.device, os.O_RDWR)
-        try:
-            self.PPEXCL()
-            self.PPCLAIM()
-            self.setDataDir(1)
-            self.setData(0)
-        except IOError:
-            os.close(self._fd)
-            self._fd = None
-            raise
+        self.PPEXCL()
+        self.PPCLAIM()
+        self.setDataDir(1)
+        self.setData(0)
 
     def __del__(self):
+        self.PPRELEASE()
         if self._fd is not None:
-            self.PPRELEASE()
             os.close(self._fd)
 
     def timevalToFloat(self, timeval):
@@ -567,12 +561,8 @@ class Parallel:
         """Sets the states of the data bus line drivers (pins 2-9)"""
         self._data=d
         return self.PPWDATA(d)
-    
-    def getData(self):
-        """Gets the states of the data bus line (pin 2-9)"""
-        return self.PPRDATA()
 
-    # status lines
+    #status lines
     def getInError(self):
         """Returns the level on the nFault pin (15)"""
         return (self.PPRSTATUS() & PARPORT_STATUS_ERROR) != 0