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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_isinstance.py14
-rw-r--r--Misc/ACKS1
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--Objects/abstract.c15
4 files changed, 30 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_isinstance.py b/Lib/test/test_isinstance.py
index 9482e75..50920c5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_isinstance.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_isinstance.py
@@ -81,6 +81,20 @@ class TestIsInstanceExceptions(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertRaises(TypeError, isinstance, I(), C())
+ # check that we don't mask non AttributeErrors
+ # see: http://bugs.python.org/issue1574217
+ def test_isinstance_dont_mask_non_attribute_error(self):
+ class C(object):
+ def getclass(self):
+ raise RuntimeError()
+ __class__=property(getclass)
+
+ c=C()
+ self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, isinstance, c, bool)
+
+ # test another code path
+ class D: pass
+ self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, isinstance, c, D)
# These tests are similar to above, but tickle certain code paths in
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 3cb3a29..9c003e9 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ Barry Hantman
Lynda Hardman
Derek Harland
Jason Harper
+Brian Harring
Larry Hastings
Shane Hathaway
Rycharde Hawkes
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cb0e19d..76bf481 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.2 Beta 1?
Core and Builtins
-----------------
+- Issue #1574217: isinstance now catches only AttributeError, rather than
+ masking all errors.
+
- Issue #10391: Don't dereference invalid memory in error messages in the ast
module.
diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index 4eb33d3..d039a9c 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -2500,7 +2500,12 @@ recursive_isinstance(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls)
if (retval == 0) {
PyObject *c = PyObject_GetAttr(inst, __class__);
if (c == NULL) {
- PyErr_Clear();
+ if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_AttributeError)) {
+ PyErr_Clear();
+ }
+ else {
+ retval = -1;
+ }
}
else {
if (c != (PyObject *)(inst->ob_type) &&
@@ -2518,8 +2523,12 @@ recursive_isinstance(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls)
return -1;
icls = PyObject_GetAttr(inst, __class__);
if (icls == NULL) {
- PyErr_Clear();
- retval = 0;
+ if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_AttributeError)) {
+ PyErr_Clear();
+ }
+ else {
+ retval = -1;
+ }
}
else {
retval = abstract_issubclass(icls, cls);