Guido van Rossum writes:
 > Depending on the use for the exit function you might or might not want
 > it run at the occasion of exec*(). E.g. I imagine that in a typical
 > fork() + exec*() scenario, calling the exit functions in the child
 > process would be a mistake.
 > 
 > So I don't think the hooks should be called by default. However you
 > are welcome to call the function (leading underscore and all) if it
 > helps in your case.

Ok - got it. Thanks, everyone, for the clarification(s).
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