From facb6c0bf8a6ef7081d763d9f33b446276a36635 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 11:37:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [qa] mininode: fail on send_message instead of silent return

---
 qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/mininode.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/mininode.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/mininode.py
index c0b59f3857..6612b99b84 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/mininode.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/mininode.py
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ class NodeConn(asyncore.dispatcher):
 
     def send_message(self, message, pushbuf=False):
         if self.state != "connected" and not pushbuf:
-            return
+            raise IOError('Not connected, no pushbuf')
         self.show_debug_msg("Send %s" % repr(message))
         command = message.command
         data = message.serialize()