From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:46:53 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added example of using positional and keyword args with atexit.register().
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~1266
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2c2068c4d1d8f0f06065e333f94958ca16145a0e;p=python

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 6a72cb3a2c..c9775d1b6d 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}