[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Document that atexit execution order is undefined (#9788)

Fri Jul 29 18:13:47 CEST 2011

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/df415bfbb652
changeset: 71607:df415bfbb652
branch: 2.7
user: Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org>
date: Fri Jul 29 18:04:24 2011 +0200
summary:
 Document that atexit execution order is undefined (#9788)
files:
 Doc/library/atexit.rst | 4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/atexit.rst b/Doc/library/atexit.rst
--- a/Doc/library/atexit.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/atexit.rst
@@ -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::
 
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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
