Message.__delitem__(): If the key doesn't exist in the dictionary,

        raise KeyError instead of failing silently!

diff --git a/Lib/rfc822.py b/Lib/rfc822.py
index 87219949c322ef4715ce1408ad90660e5ca70eb9..dcf059c85a3dbdbbfecb3a9802dab9945153a4ea 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/rfc822.py
+++ b/Lib/rfc822.py
@@ -397,11 +397,11 @@ class Message:
     
     def __delitem__(self, name):
         """Delete all occurrences of a specific header, if it is present."""
-        name = string.lower(name)
-        if not self.dict.has_key(name):
-            return
-        del self.dict[name]
-        name = name + ':'
+        lowname = string.lower(name)
+        if not self.dict.has_key(lowname):
+            raise KeyError, name
+        del self.dict[lowname]
+        name = lowname + ':'
         n = len(name)
         list = []
         hit = 0