[Python-Dev] a quit that actually quits (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.peters at gmail.com
Tue Dec 27 23:05:00 CET 2005

[Martin v. Löwis]

If you want to type something consistently across platforms, you can currently do

>>>raise SystemExit

[Hans Nowak]

I'm not sure what to say to that. Do you really want to type "raise SystemExit" every time you want to exit the interpreter? (Your answer would probably be something like "No -- that's why I use Ctrl-D". But that wouldn't really get us anywhere, would it?)

My point is that there is currently no acceptable, universal way to exit the interpreter. ...

I haven't used Python on a PDA yet, but on everything from PCs to mainframes I get out of the interpreter just by pulling the power plug. Why on Earth would you want to exit Python while your machine was running? Aha! The light dawns.

resolve-to-keep-python-running-24/7-in-2006-ly y'rs - tim

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