Issue #8496: make mailcap.lookup() always return a list, rather than an iterator.

pitrou · pitrou · commit 7062db8a999e · 2010-04-22T13:30:10.000Z
Patch by Gregory Nofi.
diff --git a/Lib/mailcap.py b/Lib/mailcap.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def lookup(caps, MIMEtype, key=None):
     if MIMEtype in caps:
         entries = entries + caps[MIMEtype]
     if key is not None:
-        entries = filter(lambda e, key=key: key in e, entries)
+        entries = [e for e in entries if key in e]
     return entries
 
 def subst(field, MIMEtype, filename, plist=[]):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ C-API
 Library
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+- Issue #8496: make mailcap.lookup() always return a list, rather than an
+  iterator.  Patch by Gregory Nofi.
+
 - Issue #8195: Fix a crash in sqlite Connection.create_collation() if the
   collation name contains a surrogate character.
 
