Re: [Python-Dev] quit() on the prompt

8 Mar 2006


      BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
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do {
    cmd = readline()
    do_stuff_with_cmd(cmd);
} while (!strcmp(cmd, "quit"));
printf("Bye!");
exit(0);
KISS?
I believe there were concerns that rebinding quit would cause strange 
behavior.  E.g.:
...
...
...
quit = False
while not quit: ...
quit
   $
Or:
...
...
...
if raw_input('quit?') == 'yes':
   ...     quit
will that work?  Should it?  Functions are pretty predictable in 
comparison to these other options.  So, at least to me, quit() == KISS


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