Hans Nowak wrote: > 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?)
Well... I understand that you want "exit" to quit the interpreter, and I can understand why you want that. Fredrik's proposed change started that entire thread. > My point is that there is currently no acceptable, universal way to exit > the interpreter. That clearly depends on the definition of "acceptable". If "acceptable" means "using a four-letter keyword", then you are right, yes. > Again, it's not that big of a deal... but it seems > silly that something apparently trivial like that cannot be done right. It's silly only if you understand the background that leads to this state of affairs. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com