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  r80720 | antoine.pitrou | 2010-05-03 18:25:33 +0200 (lun., 03 mai 2010) | 5 lines

  Issue #7865: The close() method of :mod:`io` objects should not swallow
  exceptions raised by the implicit flush().  Also ensure that calling
  close() several times is supported.  Patch by Pascal Chambon.
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diff --git a/Lib/_pyio.py b/Lib/_pyio.py
index 1fbefd2..66f990d 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyio.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyio.py
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@
 
         This is not implemented for read-only and non-blocking streams.
         """
+        self._checkClosed()
         # XXX Should this return the number of bytes written???
 
     __closed = False
@@ -332,10 +333,7 @@
         This method has no effect if the file is already closed.
         """
         if not self.__closed:
-            try:
-                self.flush()
-            except IOError:
-                pass  # If flush() fails, just give up
+            self.flush()
             self.__closed = True
 
     def __del__(self) -> None:
@@ -702,14 +700,13 @@
     ### Flush and close ###
 
     def flush(self):
+        if self.closed:
+            raise ValueError("flush of closed file")
         self.raw.flush()
 
     def close(self):
-        if not self.closed and self.raw is not None:
-            try:
-                self.flush()
-            except IOError:
-                pass  # If flush() fails, just give up
+        if self.raw is not None and not self.closed:
+            self.flush()
             self.raw.close()
 
     def detach(self):
@@ -1521,11 +1518,8 @@
         self._telling = self._seekable
 
     def close(self):
-        if self.buffer is not None:
-            try:
-                self.flush()
-            except IOError:
-                pass  # If flush() fails, just give up
+        if self.buffer is not None and not self.closed:
+            self.flush()
             self.buffer.close()
 
     @property