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-rw-r--r--Lib/dbm/__init__.py8
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_dbm.py3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/dbm/__init__.py b/Lib/dbm/__init__.py
index 2082e07..19a7072 100644
--- a/Lib/dbm/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/dbm/__init__.py
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ def open(file, flag = 'r', mode = 0o666):
# file doesn't exist and the new flag was used so use default type
mod = _defaultmod
else:
- raise error("need 'c' or 'n' flag to open new db")
+ raise error[0]("need 'c' or 'n' flag to open new db")
elif result == "":
# db type cannot be determined
- raise error("db type could not be determined")
+ raise error[0]("db type could not be determined")
elif result not in _modules:
- raise error("db type is {0}, but the module is not "
- "available".format(result))
+ raise error[0]("db type is {0}, but the module is not "
+ "available".format(result))
else:
mod = _modules[result]
return mod.open(file, flag, mode)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dbm.py b/Lib/test/test_dbm.py
index 41c37cb..ee82dd2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dbm.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dbm.py
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ class AnyDBMTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
def test_error(self):
self.assert_(issubclass(self.module.error, IOError))
+ def test_anydbm_not_existing(self):
+ self.assertRaises(dbm.error, dbm.open, _fname)
+
def test_anydbm_creation(self):
f = dbm.open(_fname, 'c')
self.assertEqual(list(f.keys()), [])