Jack wrote: >>> 2. what's the right way to call mylib_exit()? I put it in __del__(self) >>> but it is not being called in my simple test. >> >> instance.__del__ is only called when there are no references to the >> instance. > > I didn't call del explicitly. I'm expecting Python to call it when > the program exits. I put a logging line in __del__() but I never > see that line printed. It seems that __del__() is not being called > even when the program exits. Any idea why?
If you make your extension available as a module (Python or C), you can use atexit: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-atexit.html Note: your exit handler will only be called at normal termination. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
