From a9ef5e565d3e33e3a6f410d9c610ffe5bdc6c474 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 02:49:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] SF bug #1083202L  UnboundLocalError raised by atexit module

The sys module could be called before being imported.
---
 Lib/atexit.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/atexit.py b/Lib/atexit.py
index e109eb590da..c9f4cc67752 100644
--- a/Lib/atexit.py
+++ b/Lib/atexit.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ One public function, register, is defined.
 
 __all__ = ["register"]
 
+import sys
+
 _exithandlers = []
 def _run_exitfuncs():
     """run any registered exit functions
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ def _run_exitfuncs():
         except SystemExit:
             exc_info = sys.exc_info()
         except:
-            import sys, traceback
+            import traceback
             print >> sys.stderr, "Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:"
             traceback.print_exc()
             exc_info = sys.exc_info()
@@ -41,12 +43,10 @@ def register(func, *targs, **kargs):
     """
     _exithandlers.append((func, targs, kargs))
 
-import sys
 if hasattr(sys, "exitfunc"):
     # Assume it's another registered exit function - append it to our list
     register(sys.exitfunc)
 sys.exitfunc = _run_exitfuncs
-del sys
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     def x1():