[Python-3000] atexit module problems/questions

[Nick Coghlan]

skip at pobox.com wrote:
>     skip> Yes, but an int is both much smaller than a function and can't be
>     skip> involved in cyclic garbage.
> 
> I also forgot to mention that inexperienced users will probably find it
> easier to hang onto an int than create a closure

a) functools.partial isn't that hard to use
b) we could create it automatically in atexit.register and return it

Cheers,
Nick.

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