Opened 8 years ago

Last modified 7 years ago

#29282 closed Bug

Admin checks raise TypeError if isinstance() receives a non-class — at Version 1

Reported by: David Sanders Owned by: nobody
Component: contrib.admin Version: dev
Severity: Normal Keywords:
Cc: Herbert Fortes Triage Stage: Ready for checkin
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description (last modified by Tim Graham)

Admin checks include several calls to issubclass without a try/catch, allowing a TypeError to escape if the user provides a value that isn't a class for whatever is being checked. This seems like a sane-enough edge case to ensure the user gets a useful check failed message rather than an uncaught exception. My ​PR uses a helper function that catches the TypeError and returns False instead so that the half-dozen checks that use issubclass have minimal code change.

Change History (1)

comment:1 by Tim Graham, 8 years ago

Description: modified (diff)
Patch needs improvement: set
Summary: Admin Checks May Raise TypeError → Admin checks raise TypeError if isinstance() receives a non-class
Triage Stage: Unreviewed → Accepted
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