Atexit function executed at program start

Question

I have this simple procedure:

def save_f():
    global register
    register = register_registerer()
    outFile = open('FobbySave.txt', 'wb')
    pickle.dump(register, outFile)
    outFile.close()
    print register

atexit.register(save_f())

The problem is that save_f gets called as soon as I run my program. This isn't all of my code, just the important part. If there is nothing wrong here please tell me, so that I know what to do.

Answer 1

Change

atexit.register(save_f())

to

atexit.register(save_f)

In your original code, the save_f() calls the function. The return value of the function (i.e. None) is then passed to atexit.register().

The correct version passes the function object itself to atexit.register().

Answer 2

You are registering the return value of the function instead of the function itself. Instead of calling it before registering, just pass in the function reference:

atexit.register(save_f)