diff --git a/src/api/error.jl b/src/api/error.jl
index 5f698c55..7b5b4d92 100644
--- a/src/api/error.jl
+++ b/src/api/error.jl
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ macro h5error(msg)
     # functions, which would clear the error stack.
     quote
         err_id = h5e_get_current_stack()
-        if h5e_get_num(err_id) > 0
+        #if h5e_get_num(err_id) > 0
             throw(H5Error($(esc(msg)), err_id))
-        else
-            h5e_close_stack(err_id)
-        end
+        #else
+        #    h5e_close_stack(err_id)
+        #end
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/src/api/functions.jl b/src/api/functions.jl
index 48220830..a68ada19 100644
--- a/src/api/functions.jl
+++ b/src/api/functions.jl
@@ -354,11 +354,11 @@ See `libhdf5` documentation for [`H5Aiterate2`](https://docs.hdfgroup.org/hdf5/v
 """
 function h5a_iterate(obj_id, idx_type, order, n, op, op_data)
     lock(liblock)
-    var"#status#" = #try
+    var"#status#" = try
             ccall((:H5Aiterate2, libhdf5), herr_t, (hid_t, Cint, Cint, Ptr{hsize_t}, Ptr{Cvoid}, Any), obj_id, idx_type, order, n, op, op_data)
-    #finally
+    finally
         unlock(liblock)
-    #end
+    end
     # @show var"#status#"
     var"#status#" < herr_t(0) && @h5error(string("Error iterating attributes in object ", h5i_get_name(obj_id)))
     return nothing