[Python-Dev] Deprecate sys.exitfunc? (original) (raw)
Armin Rigo arigo at tunes.org
Tue Aug 17 13:16:22 CEST 2004
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Hello,
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 06:21:55PM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
But why offer two ways of doing the same thing? Apart from b/w compatibility, what's the advantage of using sys.exitfunc directly?
Well, none, really. But let's not change the name sys.exitfunc just for the sake of deprecation, because it will probably break existing and well-behaving modules (not just non-well-behaving ones).
Armin
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