From ad8997887b5300caef0f347a07f39b3ff94b034a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 23:15:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Be a bit more careful with printing a warning for a failed
 __del__.

---
 Objects/classobject.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Objects/classobject.c b/Objects/classobject.c
index 57768988cd8b..191b5568c0e1 100644
--- a/Objects/classobject.c
+++ b/Objects/classobject.c
@@ -404,8 +404,11 @@ instance_dealloc(inst)
 		object *res = call_object(del, (object *)NULL);
 		DECREF(del);
 		if (res == NULL) {
-			writestring("exception in __del__ method ignored\n",
-				    sysget("stderr"));
+			PyObject *f = sysget("stderr");
+			err_clear();
+			if (f != NULL)
+				writestring(
+				  "exception in __del__ method ignored\n", f);
 		}
 		else
 			DECREF(res);