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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_mmap.py5
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--Modules/mmapmodule.c5
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mmap.py b/Lib/test/test_mmap.py
index 8a145cf..49ec78b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_mmap.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_mmap.py
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@ class MmapTests(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertRaises(TypeError, m.write, "foo")
+ def test_error(self):
+ self.assert_(issubclass(mmap.error, EnvironmentError))
+ self.assert_("mmap.error" in str(mmap.error))
+
+
def test_main():
run_unittest(MmapTests)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 377f1ed..a722195 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1149,6 +1149,9 @@ Library
Extension Modules
-----------------
+- #2112: mmap.error is now a subclass of EnvironmentError and not a
+ direct EnvironmentError
+
- Bug #2111: mmap segfaults when trying to write a block opened with PROT_READ
- #2063: correct order of utime and stime in os.times() result on Windows.
diff --git a/Modules/mmapmodule.c b/Modules/mmapmodule.c
index e47211f..c71d840 100644
--- a/Modules/mmapmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/mmapmodule.c
@@ -1402,7 +1402,10 @@ initmmap(void)
dict = PyModule_GetDict(module);
if (!dict)
return;
- mmap_module_error = PyExc_EnvironmentError;
+ mmap_module_error = PyErr_NewException("mmap.error",
+ PyExc_EnvironmentError , NULL);
+ if (mmap_module_error == NULL)
+ return;
PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "error", mmap_module_error);
PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "mmap", (PyObject*) &mmap_object_type);
#ifdef PROT_EXEC