[Tutor] there is no exitfunc in sys module

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The python.org module help says:
exitfunc
    This value is not actually defined by the module, but can be set by
the user (or by a program) to specify a clean-up action at program exit.
When set, it should be a parameterless function. This function will be
called when the interpreter exits. Only one function may be installed in
this way; to allow multiple functions which will be called at
termination, use the atexit module. Note: The exit function is not
called when the program is killed by a signal, when a Python fatal
internal error is detected, or when os._exit() is called. 


On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:30:05 -0800 (PST)
Terry Carroll <carroll at tjc.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Hameed Khan wrote:
> 
> >  i was reading the manual for sys module. i found a
> > description for a function known as exitfunc. and it
> > says the function installed by
> > sys.exitfunc(cleanUpFunc) call will be called when the
> > interpreter exits. but when i try to call this
> > function on Python interactive prompt it says there is
> > no attribute named exitfunc in sys module.
> 
> It doesn't exist by default.  It's a function that you set up to be 
> called at terminatio.  Try this::
> 
>   import sys
> 
>   def outtahere():
>       print "Okay, I quit"
> 
>   sys.exitfunc=outtahere
> 
>   print "program starting"
>   # do something
>   print "program done, now exiting"
> 
> 
> 
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