- fixed the API of the pop() method on PersistentDict and PersistentMapping

- no longer try to find pop and popitem on UserDict as all supported
  Python versions have them
- added a test for the default argument of pop()
- added a NEWS.txt entry about pop()

NEWS.txt

@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ Multidatabase
 PersistentMapping
 -----------------
 
+- (3.6b3) The ``PersistentMapping`` makes changes by a ``pop()`` method call
+  persistent now.
+
 - (3.6a1) The ``PersistentMapping`` class has an ``__iter__()`` method
   now, so that objects of this type work well with Python's iteration
   protocol.  For example, if ``x`` is a ``PersistentMapping`` (or

src/persistent/dict.py

@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ class PersistentDict(persistent.Persistent, IterableUserDict):
             self._p_changed = True
         return self.__super_setdefault(key, failobj)
 
-    def pop(self, i):
+    def pop(self, key, *args):
         self._p_changed = True
-        return self.__super_pop(i)
+        return self.__super_pop(key, *args)
 
     def popitem(self):
         self._p_changed = True

src/persistent/mapping.py

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ class PersistentMapping(UserDict, persistent.Persistent):
     __super_clear = UserDict.clear
     __super_update = UserDict.update
     __super_setdefault = UserDict.setdefault
+    __super_pop = UserDict.pop
+    __super_popitem = UserDict.popitem
 
     def __delitem__(self, key):
         self.__super_delitem(key)
@@ -66,20 +68,10 @@ class PersistentMapping(UserDict, persistent.Persistent):
             self._p_changed = 1
         return self.__super_setdefault(key, failobj)
 
-    try:
-        __super_pop = UserDict.pop
-    except AttributeError:
-        pass
-    else:
-        def pop(self, i):
+    def pop(self, key, *args):
         self._p_changed = 1
-            return self.__super_pop(i)
+        return self.__super_pop(key, *args)
 
-    try:
-        __super_popitem = UserDict.popitem
-    except AttributeError:
-        pass
-    else:
     def popitem(self):
         self._p_changed = 1
         return self.__super_popitem()

src/persistent/tests/test_mapping.py

 ##############################################################################
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 Zope Corporation and Contributors.
+# Copyright (c) 2005 Zope Corporation and Contributors.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # This software is subject to the provisions of the Zope Public License,
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ class TestPMapping(unittest.TestCase):
         else:
             raise TestFailed("1 should not be poppable from u2")
 
+        x = u2.pop(1, 7)
+        eq(x, 7, "u2.pop(1, 7) == 7")
+
         # Test popitem
 
         items = u2.items()