[Python-Dev] a quit that actually quits

Thu Dec 29 22:12:11 CET 2005

Aahz wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2005, Brett Cannon wrote:
>> On 12/28/05, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
>>> Here's yet a different take on this: .. change the startup message...
>>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> Let's add another line that says
>>> Type "quit()" to exit
>>> ...

Or, perhaps:
 class _Quitter(str):
 def __call__(self): raise SystemExit
 quit = _Quitter('The quit command. Type "quit()" to exit')
 exit = _Quitter('The exit command. Type "exit()" to exit')
--Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org