Hello Idle-dev folks, I tried this on the python list, with no luck. ;-(
I hate to bother you with a basic user question, but I'm not sure where else to go. Is there a better list for this? thanks, -steve Begin forwarded message: > From: Steve Spicklemire <st...@spvi.com> > Subject: atexit handler in IDLE? > Date: January 15, 2013 5:25:34 AM MST > To: python-l...@python.org > Cc: Steve Spicklemire <st...@spvi.com> > > Hello Pythonistas! > > I'm trying to get this program, which works on the command line, to run > correctly in the IDLE environment: > > import atexit > > print "This is my program" > > def exit_func(): > print "OK.. that's all folks!" > > atexit.register(exit_func) > > print "Program is ending..." > > > When I run this on the command line I see: > > This is my program > Program is ending... > OK.. that's all folks! > > When I run this in IDLE I see: > > This is my program > Program is ending... > > But the atexit handler is never called. ;-( > > I tried to fish through the IDLE source to see how the program is actually > called, and I decided it looked like it was being invoked with with > os.spawnv, but I'm not sure why this would defeat the atexit handler. Anybody > know? I'd like to register such a function in my module, but I need it to > work in IDLE so that students can easily use it. > > thanks! > -steve > > > _______________________________________________ IDLE-dev mailing list IDLE-dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev
