[Python-Dev] Deprecate sys.exitfunc?
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Tue Aug 17 03:21:55 CEST 2004
> Multiple well-written modules can use sys.exitfunc in a way that is
> compatible. atexit is merely a glue to discourage non-well-written
> modules. I'd say that atexit should be encouraged but there is
> nothing wrong with using sys.exitfunc directly, if one is aware of
> the common patching pattern: "save-old-value,
> replace-with-my-function, upon-call-invoke-saved-old-value".
But why offer two ways of doing the same thing? Apart from b/w
compatibility, what's the advantage of using sys.exitfunc directly?
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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