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From: Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
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Subject: Re: Some questions about atexit
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:03:43 -0400
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In article <mailman.587.1347503376.27098.python-list@python.org>,
 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:

> On 9/12/2012 8:58 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
> > The atexit docs (http://docs.python.org/library/atexit.html) are very
> > confusing.  In one place they say, "The order in which the functions are
> > called is not defined".  In another place, "all functions registered are
> > called in last in, first out order".  Which is correct?
> 
> Check the tracker (bugs.python.org) for atexit issues, open and closed. 

Thanks for the pointer.  The operative one seems to be 
http://bugs.python.org/issue15233