s...@pobox.com wrote: > > Steve> Unfortunately there are doubtless programs out there that do rely > Steve> on actions being taken at shutdown. > > Indeed. I believe any code which calls atexit.register. > > Steve> Maybe os.exit() could be more widely advertised, though ... > > That would be os._exit(). Calling it avoids calls to exit functions > registered with atexit.register(). I believe it is both safe, and > reasonable programming practice for modules to register exit functions. > Both the logging and multiprocessing modules call it. It's incumbent on the > application programmer to know these details of the modules the app uses > (perhaps indirectly) to know whether or not it's safe/wise to call > os._exit().
You could call sys.exitfunc() just before os._exit(). -Andrew. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
