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(python2.1-api.info)Process Control

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Process Control
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`void Py_FatalError(char *message)'
     Print a fatal error message and kill the process.  No cleanup is
     performed.  This function should only be invoked when a condition
     is detected that would make it dangerous to continue using the
     Python interpreter; e.g., when the object administration appears
     to be corrupted.  On UNIX, the standard C library function
     `abort()'  is called which will attempt to produce a `core' file.

`void Py_Exit(int status)'
     Exit the current process.  This calls `Py_Finalize()'  and then
     calls the standard C library function `exit(STATUS)' .

`int Py_AtExit(void (*func) ())'
     Register a cleanup function to be called by `Py_Finalize()' .  The
     cleanup function will be called with no arguments and should
     return no value.  At most 32 cleanup functions can be registered.
     When the registration is successful, `Py_AtExit()' returns `0'; on
     failure, it returns `-1'.  The cleanup function registered last is
     called first.  Each cleanup function will be called at most once.
     Since Python's internal finallization will have completed before
     the cleanup function, no Python APIs should be called by FUNC.