From: Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 09:19:54 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Issue #21742: Set stream to None after closing.
X-Git-Tag: v2.7.8~37^2~18
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ce817cb36d7e8764b5ddecadea4b02276879d631;p=python

Issue #21742: Set stream to None after closing.
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diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
index 30ad0365f2..b7bf931aa4 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ class WatchedFileHandler(logging.FileHandler):
                 # we have an open file handle, clean it up
                 self.stream.flush()
                 self.stream.close()
+                self.stream = None  # See Issue #21742: _open () might fail.
                 # open a new file handle and get new stat info from that fd
                 self.stream = self._open()
                 self._statstream()