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Re: Speeding up Python's exit

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Grant Edwards <invalid <at> invalid.invalid> writes:
> 
> > I assume that the memory used by the Python process will be reclaimed
> > by the operating system, but other resources such as opened files may
> > not be.
> 
> All open files (including sockets, pipes, serial ports, etc) will be
> flushed (from an OS standpoint) and closed.

According to POSIX, no, open files will not be flushed:

“The _Exit() and _exit() functions shall not call functions registered with 
atexit() nor any registered signal handlers. Open streams shall not be flushed. 
Whether open streams are closed (without flushing) is implementation-defined.”

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/_exit.html

(under the hood, os._exit() calls C _exit())

Regards

Antoine.

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Speeding up Python's exit Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-28 16:49 +0000
  Re: Speeding up Python's exit Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-02-28 17:02 +0000
  Re: Speeding up Python's exit Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 04:06 +1100
  Re: Speeding up Python's exit Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 04:33 +1100
  Re: Speeding up Python's exit Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 12:33 -0500
  Re: Speeding up Python's exit Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 12:31 -0500
  Re: Speeding up Python's exit Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-03-01 01:17 +0000
    Re: Speeding up Python's exit Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> - 2013-03-01 19:10 +0000
    Re: Speeding up Python's exit Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-01 14:17 -0500
    Re: Speeding up Python's exit Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> - 2013-03-01 22:51 +0000
      Re: Speeding up Python's exit Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2013-03-03 18:27 -0500
    Re: Speeding up Python's exit Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 21:51 -0500
  Re: Speeding up Python's exit Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> - 2013-03-01 14:59 +0000

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