[Python-Dev] Deprecate sys.exitfunc?

[Armin Rigo]

Hello,

On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 06:21:55PM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> But why offer two ways of doing the same thing?  Apart from b/w
> compatibility, what's the advantage of using sys.exitfunc directly?

Well, none, really.  But let's not change the name sys.exitfunc just for the
sake of deprecation, because it will probably break existing and well-behaving
modules (not just non-well-behaving ones).


Armin