Patch by Jeremy Katz (SF #1609407)
[python.git] / Lib / atexit.py
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1 """
2 atexit.py - allow programmer to define multiple exit functions to be executed
3 upon normal program termination.
5 One public function, register, is defined.
6 """
8 __all__ = ["register"]
10 import sys
12 _exithandlers = []
13 def _run_exitfuncs():
14 """run any registered exit functions
16 _exithandlers is traversed in reverse order so functions are executed
17 last in, first out.
18 """
20 exc_info = None
21 while _exithandlers:
22 func, targs, kargs = _exithandlers.pop()
23 try:
24 func(*targs, **kargs)
25 except SystemExit:
26 exc_info = sys.exc_info()
27 except:
28 import traceback
29 print >> sys.stderr, "Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:"
30 traceback.print_exc()
31 exc_info = sys.exc_info()
33 if exc_info is not None:
34 raise exc_info[0], exc_info[1], exc_info[2]
37 def register(func, *targs, **kargs):
38 """register a function to be executed upon normal program termination
40 func - function to be called at exit
41 targs - optional arguments to pass to func
42 kargs - optional keyword arguments to pass to func
44 func is returned to facilitate usage as a decorator.
45 """
46 _exithandlers.append((func, targs, kargs))
47 return func
49 if hasattr(sys, "exitfunc"):
50 # Assume it's another registered exit function - append it to our list
51 register(sys.exitfunc)
52 sys.exitfunc = _run_exitfuncs
54 if __name__ == "__main__":
55 def x1():
56 print "running x1"
57 def x2(n):
58 print "running x2(%r)" % (n,)
59 def x3(n, kwd=None):
60 print "running x3(%r, kwd=%r)" % (n, kwd)
62 register(x1)
63 register(x2, 12)
64 register(x3, 5, "bar")
65 register(x3, "no kwd args")