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

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Dec 28 15:24:11 CET 2005

Michael Hudson wrote:

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.

That would assume that the user knows that exit is a function: apparently, people expect it to be a statement (like print), or they are entirely unaware of the distinctions between statements, expressions, and functions. I often find that my students call them "commands" collectively (if they want to be more specific, they call the functions "methods").

Regards, Martin

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