[Python-Dev] a quit that actually quits

Wed Dec 28 12:24:23 CET 2005

skip at pobox.com writes:
> Fredrik> a quit/exit command that actually quits, instead of printing a
> Fredrik> "you didn't say please!" message.
>> I like Fredrik's idea more and more.

The thing that bothers me about it is that the standard way you tell
python to do something is "call a function" -- to me, a special case
for exiting the interpreter seems out of proportion.
In other news, clever hacks with tb_next and so on also seem
excessive. Why not have the equivalent of "if input.rstrip() ==
'exit': sys.exit()" in the implementation of the interactive
interpreter?
Cheers,
mwh
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