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\section{\module{atexit} ---
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exit handlers}
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\declaremodule{standard}{atexit}
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\moduleauthor{Skip Montanaro}{skip@mojam.com}
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\sectionauthor{Skip Montanaro}{skip@mojam.com}
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\modulesynopsis{Register and execute cleanup functions.}
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\versionadded{2.0}
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The \module{atexit} module defines a single function to register
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cleanup functions. Functions thus registered are automatically
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executed upon normal interpreter termination.
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Note: the functions registered via this module are not called when the program is killed by a
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signal, when a Python fatal internal error is detected, or when
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\code{os._exit()} is called.
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This is an alternate interface to the functionality provided by the
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\code{sys.exitfunc} variable.
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\withsubitem{(in sys)}{\ttindex{exitfunc}}
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Note: This module is unlikely to work correctly when used with other code
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that sets \code{sys.exitfunc}. In particular, other core Python modules are
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free to use \module{atexit} without the programmer's knowledge. Authors who
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use \code{sys.exitfunc} should convert their code to use
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\module{atexit} instead. The simplest way to convert code that sets
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\code{sys.exitfunc} is to import \module{atexit} and register the function
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that had been bound to \code{sys.exitfunc}.
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\begin{funcdesc}{register}{func\optional{, *args\optional{, **kargs}}}
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Register \var{func} as a function to be executed at termination. Any
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optional arguments that are to be passed to \var{func} must be passed
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as arguments to \function{register()}.
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At normal program termination (for instance, if
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\function{sys.exit()} is called or the main module's execution
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completes), all functions registered are called in last in, first out
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order. The assumption is that lower level modules will normally be
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imported before higher level modules and thus must be cleaned up
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later.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\subsection{\module{atexit} Example \label{atexit-example}}
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The following simple example demonstrates how a module can initialize
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a counter from a file when it is imported and save the counter's
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updated value automatically when the program terminates without
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relying on the application making an explicit call into this module at
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termination.
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\begin{verbatim}
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try:
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_count = int(open("/tmp/counter").read())
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except IOError:
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_count = 0
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def incrcounter(n):
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global _count
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_count = _count + n
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def savecounter():
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open("/tmp/counter", "w").write("%d" % _count)
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import atexit
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atexit.register(savecounter)
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\end{verbatim}
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\begin{seealso}
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\seemodule{readline}{useful example of atexit to read and write readline
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history files}
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\end{seealso}
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