[ZOOKEEPER-732] Improper translation of error into Python exception

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.4.6, 3.5.0
• Component/s: contrib-bindings
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: Client that uses python binding may receive SystemError on session expiration.
• Assignee: Lei Zhang
• Reporter: Gustavo Niemeyer
• Created: 29/Mar/10 22:48
• Updated: 13/Mar/14 18:17
• Resolved: 03/Oct/13 21:51

Description

Apparently errors returned by the C library are not being correctly converted into a Python exception in some cases:

>>> zookeeper.get_children(0, "/", None)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
SystemError: error return without exception set