[issue9543] 2.6.6 rc1 socket.py flush() calls del on unbound 'view' variable

[David I. Lehn]

New submission from David I. Lehn <dil at lehn.org>:

An error was introduced in 2.6.6 rc1 in the socket flush() call where del is called on the unbound 'view' variable.

Associated commit and diff:

http://svn.python.org/view?view=rev&revision=83624
http://svn.python.org/view/python/tags/r266rc1/Lib/socket.py?r1=81488&r2=83624

Tail end of the runtime stack trace:

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/socket.py", line 318, in write
    self.flush()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/socket.py", line 302, in flush
    del view, data  # explicit free
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'view' referenced before assignment

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 113357
nosy: dil
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: 2.6.6 rc1 socket.py flush() calls del on unbound 'view' variable
type: crash
versions: Python 2.6

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