[New-bugs-announce] [issue27035] Cannot set exit code in atexit callback

[Miroslav Matějů]

New submission from Miroslav Matějů:

I want to set exit code of my script in a function registered in the atexit module. (See https://stackoverflow.com/q/37178636/711006.) Calling sys.exit() in that function results in the following error:

Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "atexit_test.py", line 3, in myexit
    sys.exit(2)
SystemExit: 2

Despite the printed error, the exit code is set to 0. (This might be related with #1257.)

This problem seems to affect Python 3.x. I experienced it with Python 3.5.1 on Windows 7 x64 and I am able to reproduce it with Python 3.4.3 on Linux (x64). Python 2.7.6 on the same Linux machine works as expected: Exits without additional messages and the desired exit code is set.

A simple test case:

def myexit():
  import sys
  sys.exit(2)

import atexit
atexit.register(myexit)

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components: Extension Modules
messages: 265678
nosy: Melebius
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Cannot set exit code in atexit callback
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.5

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