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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2014-12-07 00:28:27 (GMT)
committerAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2014-12-07 00:28:27 (GMT)
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Issue #22696: Add function :func:`sys.is_finalizing` to know about interpreter shutdown.
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@@ -718,6 +718,14 @@ always available.
value of :func:`intern` around to benefit from it.
+.. function:: is_finalizing()
+
+ Return :const:`True` if the Python interpreter is
+ :term:`shutting down <interpreter shutdown>`, :const:`False` otherwise.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.5
+
+
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