From b6ceb6cdf4532a8eec89d697511a0fad03342e46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Hobbs <tyler@datastax.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 09:40:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid AttributeError on interpreter shutdown

---
 cassandra/io/asyncorereactor.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cassandra/io/asyncorereactor.py b/cassandra/io/asyncorereactor.py
index ac810156..47f22dca 100644
--- a/cassandra/io/asyncorereactor.py
+++ b/cassandra/io/asyncorereactor.py
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ _loop_lock = Lock()
 def _run_loop():
     log.debug("Starting asyncore event loop")
     asyncore.loop(timeout=0.001, use_poll=True, count=None)
-    log.debug("Asyncore event loop ended")
+    if log:
+        # this can happen during interpreter shutdown
+        log.debug("Asyncore event loop ended")
     with _loop_lock:
         global _loop_started
         _loop_started = False