On 12/28/05, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > --
Just because people don't read unless it it thrown in their face. =) But that is still nice and simple and won't hurt. I would still suggest using a class so that the repr can give a useful message, though. -Brett _______________________________________________ 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
