[Python-checkins] r74848 - in python/branches/release26-maint: Lib/test/test_exceptions.py Misc/NEWS Objects/exceptions.c

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Wed Sep 16 22:34:51 2009
New Revision: 74848

Log:
Merged revisions 74845 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r74845 | georg.brandl | 2009-09-16 22:30:09 +0200 (Mi, 16 Sep 2009) | 5 lines
  
  #6844: do not emit DeprecationWarnings on access if Exception.message has been set by the user.
  
  This works by always setting it in __dict__, except when it's implicitly set in __init__.
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Modified:
   python/branches/release26-maint/   (props changed)
   python/branches/release26-maint/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
   python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS
   python/branches/release26-maint/Objects/exceptions.c

Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release26-maint/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py	(original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py	Wed Sep 16 22:34:51 2009
@@ -303,6 +303,45 @@
                                                   'pickled "%r", attribute "%s"' %
                                                   (e, checkArgName))
 
+
+    def testDeprecatedMessageAttribute(self):
+        # Accessing BaseException.message and relying on its value set by
+        # BaseException.__init__ triggers a deprecation warning.
+        exc = BaseException("foo")
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            self.assertEquals(exc.message, "foo")
+        self.assertEquals(len(w), 1)
+        self.assertEquals(w[0].category, DeprecationWarning)
+        self.assertEquals(
+            str(w[0].message),
+            "BaseException.message has been deprecated as of Python 2.6")
+
+
+    def testRegularMessageAttribute(self):
+        # Accessing BaseException.message after explicitly setting a value
+        # for it does not trigger a deprecation warning.
+        exc = BaseException("foo")
+        exc.message = "bar"
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            self.assertEquals(exc.message, "bar")
+        self.assertEquals(len(w), 0)
+        # Deleting the message is supported, too.
+        del exc.message
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, exc, "message")
+
+    def testPickleMessageAttribute(self):
+        # Pickling with message attribute must work, as well.
+        e = Exception("foo")
+        f = Exception("foo")
+        f.message = "bar"
+        for p in pickle, cPickle:
+            ep = p.loads(p.dumps(e))
+            with warnings.catch_warnings():
+                ignore_message_warning()
+                self.assertEqual(ep.message, "foo")
+            fp = p.loads(p.dumps(f))
+            self.assertEqual(fp.message, "bar")
+
     def testSlicing(self):
         # Test that you can slice an exception directly instead of requiring
         # going through the 'args' attribute.

Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS	Wed Sep 16 22:34:51 2009
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #6844: Do not emit DeprecationWarnings when accessing a "message"
+  attribute on exceptions that was set explicitly.
+
 - Issue #6846: Fix bug where bytearray.pop() returns negative integers.
 
 - Issue #6707: dir() on an uninitialized module caused a crash.

Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Objects/exceptions.c
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release26-maint/Objects/exceptions.c	(original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Objects/exceptions.c	Wed Sep 16 22:34:51 2009
@@ -301,30 +301,51 @@
 static PyObject *
 BaseException_get_message(PyBaseExceptionObject *self)
 {
-	int ret;
-	ret = PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
-				"BaseException.message has been deprecated as "
-				"of Python 2.6", 1);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return NULL;
+    PyObject *msg;
+    
+    /* if "message" is in self->dict, accessing a user-set message attribute */
+    if (self->dict &&
+        (msg = PyDict_GetItemString(self->dict, "message"))) {
+        Py_INCREF(msg);
+        return msg;
+    }
+
+    if (self->message == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_AttributeError, "message attribute was deleted");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    /* accessing the deprecated "builtin" message attribute of Exception */
+    if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                     "BaseException.message has been deprecated as "
+                     "of Python 2.6", 1) < 0)
+        return NULL;
 
-	Py_INCREF(self->message);
-	return self->message;
+    Py_INCREF(self->message);
+    return self->message;
 }
 
 static int
 BaseException_set_message(PyBaseExceptionObject *self, PyObject *val)
 {
-	int ret;
-	ret = PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
-				"BaseException.message has been deprecated as "
-				"of Python 2.6", 1);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return -1;
-	Py_INCREF(val);
-	Py_DECREF(self->message);
-	self->message = val;
-	return 0;
+    /* if val is NULL, delete the message attribute */
+    if (val == NULL) {
+        if (self->dict && PyDict_GetItemString(self->dict, "message")) {
+            if (PyDict_DelItemString(self->dict, "message") < 0)
+                return -1;
+        }
+        Py_XDECREF(self->message);
+        self->message = NULL;
+        return 0;
+    }
+    
+    /* else set it in __dict__, but may need to create the dict first */
+    if (self->dict == NULL) {
+        self->dict = PyDict_New();
+        if (!self->dict)
+            return -1;
+    }
+    return PyDict_SetItemString(self->dict, "message", val);
 }
 
 static PyGetSetDef BaseException_getset[] = {