changeset 71607:df415bfbb652 2.7

Document that atexit execution order is undefined (#9788)
author Éric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>
date Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:04:24 +0200
parents 01722022f88d
children 5a248fcfa112
files Doc/library/atexit.rst
diffstat 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/Doc/library/atexit.rst	Fri Jul 29 17:59:17 2011 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/atexit.rst	Fri Jul 29 18:04:24 2011 +0200
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 
 The :mod:`atexit` module defines a single function to register cleanup
 functions.  Functions thus registered are automatically executed upon normal
-interpreter termination.
+interpreter termination.  The order in which the functions are called is not
+defined; if you have cleanup operations that depend on each other, you should
+wrap them in a function and register that one.  This keeps :mod:`atexit` simple.
 
 .. seealso::