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

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Thu Dec 29 05:40:24 CET 2005

Here's yet a different take on this: why not simply change the startup message? Whether we choose "quit" or "exit", someone will get it wrong unless there's an alias. Changing the message is free. Currently we have

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

Let's add another line that says

Type "quit()" to exit

Defining it as "def quit(): raise SystemExit" should be fine.

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