From d7bbbbc594544318bc6d0f28cb376a11a326c22f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 22:30:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] _OutputRedirectingPdb.trace_dispatch():  Return the base
 class's trace_dispatch() result in a more obvious, and more robust way.

---
 Lib/doctest.py | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/doctest.py b/Lib/doctest.py
index fb4f01b8e63..c6677f737b8 100644
--- a/Lib/doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/doctest.py
@@ -348,10 +348,11 @@ def trace_dispatch(self, *args):
         save_stdout = sys.stdout
         sys.stdout = self.__out
         # Call Pdb's trace dispatch method.
-        result = pdb.Pdb.trace_dispatch(self, *args)
-        # Restore stdout.
-        sys.stdout = save_stdout
-        return result
+        try:
+            return pdb.Pdb.trace_dispatch(self, *args)
+        finally:
+            # Restore stdout.
+            sys.stdout = save_stdout
 
 # [XX] Normalize with respect to os.path.pardir?
 def _module_relative_path(module, path):