[Python-Dev] a quit that actually quits

Wed Dec 28 13:37:19 CET 2005

Michael Hudson wrote:
> > that would turn exit and quit into reserved keywords.
>> In what sense? Not in the sense of "things in single quotes in
> Grammar"...

no, but in the sense of "names that can no longer be used in code"
 >>> def exit():
 ... print "bye"
 >>> # what is it?
 >>> exit
 $ oops!
the whole nameerror thing is there to avoid problems if you create
your own exit variables/functions/classes/modules.
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