[Python-checkins] r42912 - python/trunk/Lib/pydoc.py

Wed Mar 8 10:34:54 CET 2006

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Wed Mar 8 10:34:53 2006
New Revision: 42912
Modified:
 python/trunk/Lib/pydoc.py
Log:
Fix pydoc.synopsis() so that it doesn't error out with an unreadable
module.
Modified: python/trunk/Lib/pydoc.py
==============================================================================

--- python/trunk/Lib/pydoc.py	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Lib/pydoc.py	Wed Mar 8 10:34:53 2006
@@ -188,7 +188,11 @@
 lastupdate, result = cache.get(filename, (0, None))
 if lastupdate < mtime:
 info = inspect.getmoduleinfo(filename)
- file = open(filename)
+ try:
+ file = open(filename)
+ except IOError:
+ # module can't be opened, so skip it
+ return None
 if info and 'b' in info[2]: # binary modules have to be imported
 try: module = imp.load_module('__temp__', file, filename, info[1:])
 except: return None
