[Python-Dev] Is this a bug?

[Matt Fleming]

On 09/08/06, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> Is this considered a bug? Sure, deleting modules from sys.modules
> isn't quite common, but it happened to me on one occasion.
>
> Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jul 29 2006, 10:52:20)
>  >>> import logging
>  >>> import sys
>  >>> del logging
>  >>> del sys.modules['logging']
>  >>> ^D
> Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/atexit.py", line 24, in _run_exitfuncs
>      func(*targs, **kargs)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 1328, in shutdown
>      for h in _handlerList[:]: # was _handlers.keys():
> TypeError: unsubscriptable object
> Error in sys.exitfunc:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/atexit.py", line 24, in _run_exitfuncs
>      func(*targs, **kargs)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 1328, in shutdown
>      for h in _handlerList[:]: # was _handlers.keys():
> TypeError: unsubscriptable object
>
> Obviously, _handlerList (as a global) is already cleaned up, which is why
> the subscript fails.
>
> Georg
>
> _______________________________________________


Could it be considered a bug in the atexit module (or is that what you
meant)? Seeing as there's no _decent_ way to recover from this error,
perhaps it could just slip silently passed?

-- 
Matt

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