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-rw-r--r--Lib/shelve.py9
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_shelve.py11
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/shelve.py b/Lib/shelve.py
index 8055f42..c8cba85 100644
--- a/Lib/shelve.py
+++ b/Lib/shelve.py
@@ -145,11 +145,12 @@ class Shelf(UserDict.DictMixin):
self.dict.close()
except AttributeError:
pass
- # _ClosedDict can be None when close is called from __del__ during shutdown
- if _ClosedDict is None:
- self.dict = None
- else:
+ # Catch errors that may happen when close is called from __del__
+ # because CPython is in interpreter shutdown.
+ try:
self.dict = _ClosedDict()
+ except (NameError, TypeError):
+ self.dict = None
def __del__(self):
if not hasattr(self, 'writeback'):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shelve.py b/Lib/test/test_shelve.py
index ffcc98d..f03457f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shelve.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shelve.py
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(len(d1), 1)
self.assertEqual(len(d2), 1)
+ def test_writeback_also_writes_immediately(self):
+ # Issue 5754
+ d = {}
+ s = shelve.Shelf(d, writeback=True)
+ s['key'] = [1]
+ p1 = d['key'] # Will give a KeyError if backing store not updated
+ s['key'].append(2)
+ s.close()
+ p2 = d['key']
+ self.assertNotEqual(p1, p2) # Write creates new object in store
+
from test import mapping_tests