def get_docs_to_commit(self):
        try:
            spec = {'synced': False}
            fields = {'_id': 0}
            cur = self.db.docs.find(spec, fields)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return list(cur)
def test_abstract_class(self):
        class X(Structure):
            _abstract_ = "something"
        # try 'X()'
        cls, msg = self.get_except(eval, "X()", locals())
        self.assertEqual((cls, msg), (TypeError, "abstract class"))