From 50f9410c022dcd31810a8a3ea4385f5d615d3348 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Athanasius <github@miggy.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:30:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] config: Add class member and methods for signalling/checking
 shutdown status

---
 config.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 2a54ec57..258b7c25 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -117,8 +117,16 @@ class AbstractConfig(abc.ABC):
     identifier: str
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.in_shutdown = False  # Is the application currently shutting down ?
         self.home = pathlib.Path.home()
 
+    def set_shutdown(self):
+        self.in_shutdown = True
+
+    @property
+    def shutting_down(self) -> bool:
+        return self.in_shutdown
+
     @property
     def app_dir_str(self) -> str:
         """Return a string version of app_dir."""