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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index 3024086a22..3080b69445 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ always available. .. data:: dont_write_bytecode - If this is true, Python won't try to write ``.pyc`` or ``.pyo`` files on the + If this is true, Python won't try to write ``.pyc`` files on the import of source modules. This value is initially set to ``True`` or ``False`` depending on the :option:`-B` command line option and the :envvar:`PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE` environment variable, but you can set it @@ -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 + + .. data:: last_type last_value last_traceback @@ -1223,4 +1231,3 @@ always available. .. rubric:: Citations .. [C99] ISO/IEC 9899:1999. "Programming languages -- C." A public draft of this standard is available at http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1256.pdf\ . - |