Make sure that a forked child process exits even if it raises an exception.

62cbc8a2 · Guido van Rossum · 933520b5 · 62cbc8a2
Commit 62cbc8a2 authored Apr 09, 2007 by Guido van Rossum
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--- a/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_mailbox.py
@@ -735,10 +735,12 @@ class _TestMboxMMDF(TestMailbox):
        pid = os.fork()
        if pid == 0:
            # In the child, lock the mailbox.
-            self._box.lock()
+            try:
-            time.sleep(2)
+                self._box.lock()
-            self._box.unlock()
+                time.sleep(2)
-            os._exit(0)
+                self._box.unlock()
+            finally:
+                os._exit(0)
        # In the parent, sleep a bit to give the child time to acquire
        # the lock.