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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2006-11-16 16:50:59 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2006-11-16 16:50:59 (GMT)
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Bug #1597824: return the registered function from atexit.register()
to facilitate usage as a decorator.
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diff --git a/Lib/atexit.py b/Lib/atexit.py
index c9f4cc6..93fddf7 100644
--- a/Lib/atexit.py
+++ b/Lib/atexit.py
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ def register(func, *targs, **kargs):
func - function to be called at exit
targs - optional arguments to pass to func
kargs - optional keyword arguments to pass to func
+
+ func is returned to facilitate usage as a decorator.
"""
_exithandlers.append((func, targs, kargs))
+ return func
if hasattr(sys, "exitfunc"):
# Assume it's another registered exit function - append it to our list