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| author | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2003-07-13 17:21:10 (GMT) |
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| committer | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2003-07-13 17:21:10 (GMT) |
| commit | 7a6c733c3b8ee131d7860ecb0877837e412c2959 (patch) | |
| tree | e8b739adbbce23fcb1112d02d5580953d6f3b0a2 /Misc | |
| parent | 4a4296ec2926dd65fe4aeb4a177445606e19ffce (diff) | |
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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.
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@@ -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 |