Would a message such as "use CRTL-D to exit" be appropriate? Right now it is very bare. Maybe this?
~ > clj Clojure 1.9.0 (use ^D to exit) user=> ~ > Alan On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Sean Corfield <s...@corfield.org> wrote: > I find the fact that "exit" and "quit" work in leiningen repls to be weird > > > > I agree. I’ve always used ctl-d to exit a Leiningen REPL or a Boot REPL – > or pretty much any console program I’ve ever used. I’m only surprised when > ctl-d _*doesn’t*_ work in such a program! > > > > And, after all, both Leiningen and Boot give ctl-d as the first option for > exiting a REPL: > > > > Exit: Control+D … > > > > Sean Corfield -- (970) FOR-SEAN -- (904) 302-SEAN > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* clojure@googlegroups.com <clojure@googlegroups.com> on behalf of > Justin Smith <noisesm...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, December 9, 2017 2:55:17 PM > *To:* clojure@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: Terminating 'clj' REPL session > > I find the fact that "exit" and "quit" work in leiningen repls to be weird > - this doesn't follow the otherwise consistent rules of the language. What > about an exit function, something like > > (defn exit > ([] (exit 0)) > ([n] (System/exit n)) > > so that it's not an out of band special case input? > > On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 2:38 PM Alan Thompson <clooj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi - Just downloaded the new Clojure 1.9.0 package. When I tried the >> repl I noticed that it doesn't respond to either `exit` or `quit` as one >> might expect from the lein repl: >> >> ~/cool/tools > clj >> Clojure 1.9.0 >> user=> (+ 2 3) >> 5 >> user=> exit >> CompilerException java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resolve symbol: >> exit in this context, compiling:(NO_SOURCE_PATH:0:0) >> user=> >> user=> quit >> CompilerException java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resolve symbol: >> quit in this context, compiling:(NO_SOURCE_PATH:0:0) >> user=> ^D >> ~/cool/tools > >> >> >> Lein repl for comparison: >> >> ~/tupelo > lein repl >> nREPL server started on port 37115 on host 127.0.0.1 - Clojure 1.9.0 >> tupelo.core=> exit >> Bye for now! >> >> ~/tupelo > >> >> ~/tupelo > lein repl >> nREPL server started on port 40639 on host 127.0.0.1 - Clojure 1.9.0 >> tupelo.core=> quit >> Bye for now! >> ~/tupelo > >> >> >> The new repl does terminate upon CRTL-D or CRTL-C, but many users will >> probably be confused that `quit` and `exit` are not accepted. >> >> Should I file a JIRA? >> >> Alan >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. 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