[issue16822] execv (et al.) should invoke atexit handlers before executing new code

[Tal Einat]

Tal Einat <taleinat at gmail.com> added the comment:

> we could definitely have a separate "atexec" handler

Couldn't coverage.py and similar apps can just invoke the atexit handlers before calling os.execv() or similar?  If so, perhaps a mention of this in the docs would suffice?

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