atexit function is not called when exiting the script using Ipython
问题 Below is the code written in a script say test_atexit.py def exit_function(): print "I am in exit function" import atexit atexit.register(exit_function) print "I am in main function" When i run the function using python2.4 then exit_function is being called $python2.4 test_atexit.py I am in main function I am in exit function When i run the same using ipython then exit_function is not being called $ ipython In [1]: %run test_atexit.py I am in main function In [2]: why exit_function is not