[Python-Dev] quit() on the prompt (original) (raw)

Neil Schemenauer nas at arctrix.com
Wed Mar 8 19:00:14 CET 2006


Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

Bad idea, as several pointed out -- quit() should return a 0 exit to the shell.

I like the idea of making "quit" callable. One small concern I have is that people will use it in scripts to exit (rather than one of the other existing ways to exit). OTOH, maybe that's a feature.

Neil



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