[IronPython] SystemExitException ?

[Orestis Markou]

Hello,

In Resolver, we have our own RSIronPython.exe that sets up the 
environment (PATH and other things) and executes a program. It's not 
interactive - just a wrapper aroung ExecuteProgram, really.

We used to do this:

try
{
     ScriptSource source = 
engine.CreateScriptSourceFromFile(Path.Combine(currentDir, 
(string)args[0]));
     source.ExecuteProgram();
}
catch (SystemExitException e)
{
     object o;
     return e.GetExitCode(out o);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
     ExceptionOperations eo = engine.GetService<ExceptionOperations>();
     Console.Write(eo.FormatException(e));
     return 1;
}
return 0;

But then we realised that we always returned 0, because 
SystemExitException was never raised, even if a PythonScript did an 
exlicit sys.exit or raised SystemExit. So we now return the result of 
source.ExecuteProgram().

I'm just wondering if we should care about SystemExitException (a quick 
grep of the source is indicating that it's only used in 
PythonCommandLine), or if it's handled for us at a lower level.

Thanks,
Orestis
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Orestis Markou
Software Engineer,
Resolver Systems Ltd.
orestis at resolversystems.com
+44 (0) 20 7253 6372