backport 1.11

Catch only the relevant exceptions instead of using a bare except clause.

diff --git a/Lib/anydbm.py b/Lib/anydbm.py
index ba6fa7b54aa0a5154302fa188b0d80a4381fdfdf..f051200548f393fad5bc176f67d55f4d3ec5a37b 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/anydbm.py
+++ b/Lib/anydbm.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ only if it doesn't exist; and 'n' always creates a new database.
 try:
     class error(Exception):
         pass
-except:
+except (NameError, TypeError):
     error = "anydbm.error"
 
 _names = ['dbhash', 'gdbm', 'dbm', 'dumbdbm']