[issue21497] faulthandler should handle sys.stderr being None gracefully

[Florian Bruhin]

New submission from Florian Bruhin:

When faulthandler is used while sys.stderr is None (e.g. when using pythonw.exe), a (IMHO) confusing exception is raised:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "test.py", line 7, in <module>
         faulthandler.enable()
    AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'fileno'

Example script which demonstrates the issue without using pythonw.exe:

    import faulthandler
    import sys

    sys.stderr = None

    try:
        faulthandler.enable()
    except:
        sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__
        raise

Looking at the code it seems the file passed gets correctly checked against NULL and Py_None, but stderr (as fallback) then only gets checked against NULL:

http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/8885fc2e92b3/Modules/faulthandler.c#l141

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components: Extension Modules
messages: 218461
nosy: The Compiler, haypo
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: faulthandler should handle sys.stderr being None gracefully
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3, Python 3.4

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