Make close(), and hence __del__(), robust in the light of the world

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit 6599fb091770 · 1997-12-09T14:18:33.000Z
being destroyed already.
diff --git a/Lib/shelve.py b/Lib/shelve.py
@@ -74,9 +74,12 @@ def __delitem__(self, key):
 		del self.dict[key]
 	
 	def close(self):
-		if hasattr(self.dict, 'close'):
-			self.dict.close()
-		self.dict = None
+		try:
+			if self.dict:
+				self.dict.close()
+		except:
+			pass
+		self.dict = 0
 
 	def __del__(self):
 		self.close()
