From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:46:33 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added example of using positional and keyword args with atexit.register().
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X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=71e300eeea9b127bb8bd6dd380bbcffd4746630f;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Added example of using positional and keyword args with atexit.register().
Based on a suggestion from a reader.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libatexit.tex b/Doc/lib/libatexit.tex
index 6a72cb3a2c30..c9775d1b6ddf 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libatexit.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libatexit.tex
@@ -72,3 +72,18 @@ def savecounter():
 import atexit
 atexit.register(savecounter)
 \end{verbatim}
+
+Positional and keyword arguments may also be passed to
+\function{register()} to be passed along to the registered function
+when it is called:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+def goodbye(name, adjective):
+    print 'Goodbye, %s, it was %s to meet you.' % (name, adjective)
+
+import atexit
+atexit.register(goodbye, 'Donny', 'nice')
+
+# or:
+atexit.register(goodbye, adjective='nice', name='Donny')
+\end{verbatim}