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-rw-r--r--Lib/abc.py2
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_abc.py6
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/abc.py b/Lib/abc.py
index f9b49ac..0f98036 100644
--- a/Lib/abc.py
+++ b/Lib/abc.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class ABCMeta(type):
def register(cls, subclass):
"""Register a virtual subclass of an ABC."""
- if not isinstance(cls, type):
+ if not isinstance(subclass, type):
raise TypeError("Can only register classes")
if issubclass(subclass, cls):
return # Already a subclass
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_abc.py b/Lib/test/test_abc.py
index c3482d6..51fd9bb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_abc.py
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ class TestABC(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, C.register, A) # cycles not allowed
C.register(B) # ok
+ def test_register_non_class(self):
+ class A(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
+ pass
+ self.assertRaisesRegexp(TypeError, "Can only register classes",
+ A.register, 4)
+
def test_registration_transitiveness(self):
class A(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
pass
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2a66d01..e3d94da 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #7792: Registering non-classes to ABCs raised an obscure error.
+
- Issue #7785: Don't accept bytes in FileIO.write().
- Issue #7773: Fix an UnboundLocalError in platform.linux_distribution() when