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8 changes: 2 additions & 6 deletions Lib/test/test_sax.py
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Expand Up @@ -175,12 +175,8 @@ def test_parse_bytes(self):
with self.assertRaises(SAXException):
self.check_parse(BytesIO(xml_bytes(self.data, 'iso-8859-1', None)))
make_xml_file(self.data, 'iso-8859-1', None)
with support.check_warnings(('unclosed file', ResourceWarning)):
# XXX Failed parser leaks an opened file.
with self.assertRaises(SAXException):
self.check_parse(TESTFN)
# Collect leaked file.
gc.collect()
with self.assertRaises(SAXException):
self.check_parse(TESTFN)
with open(TESTFN, 'rb') as f:
with self.assertRaises(SAXException):
self.check_parse(f)
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Shouldn't check that the file is closed now?

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13 changes: 10 additions & 3 deletions Lib/xml/sax/__init__.py
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Expand Up @@ -28,9 +28,16 @@

def parse(source, handler, errorHandler=ErrorHandler()):
parser = make_parser()
parser.setContentHandler(handler)
parser.setErrorHandler(errorHandler)
parser.parse(source)
try:
parser.setContentHandler(handler)
parser.setErrorHandler(errorHandler)
parser.parse(source)
except:
# Third party parsers can have no close() method
if hasattr(parser, 'close'):
# On error, close the parser to not leak resources like open files
parser.close()
raise

def parseString(string, handler, errorHandler=ErrorHandler()):
import io
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