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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/Modules/_io/iobase.c b/Modules/_io/iobase.c
index 271a41e..2d664ab 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/iobase.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/iobase.c
@@ -183,11 +183,7 @@
     res = PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(self, _PyIO_str_flush, NULL);
     PyObject_SetAttrString(self, "__IOBase_closed", Py_True);
     if (res == NULL) {
-        /* If flush() fails, just give up */
-        if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_IOError))
-            PyErr_Clear();
-        else
-            return NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
     Py_XDECREF(res);
     Py_RETURN_NONE;