[Python-Dev] a quit that actually quits

Tue Dec 27 23:57:54 CET 2005

It sounds to me like what is being proposed amounts to essentially
"promote sys.exit to a builtin". So why not do that?
I see two options. Either:
 (a) Simply let __builtins__.exit = sys.exit. Then we get:
 >>> exit
 <built-in function exit>
 which may be enough of a clue that you type "exit()" to exit.
 (b) If more handholding seems like a good idea, then:
 class ExitHatch:
 def __call__(self): sys.exit()
 def __repr__(self): return '<Type "exit()" to exit Python.>'
 __builtins__.exit = __builtins__.quit = ExitHatch()
-- ?!ng