[Python-Dev] a quit that actually quits

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Ronald Oussoren wrote:
> I'd prefer 'def quit(): raise SystemExit', the class above just adds  
> a message for someone that accidently got stuck in a python shell. I  
> don't like the idea of making quit or exit special enough to cause  
> side effects without parentheses, no other function does that. Anyone  
> that knows how to program in Python should be able to guess that you  
> have to use 'quit()' instead of 'quit'.

The thing is there primarily for people who *don't* know how to
program in Python. If they knew, they knew how to get out of it;
they wouldn't type "quit()" but simply Ctrl-D.

So if they do

>>> quit
<function quit at 0xb7d96294>

they are just as confused as if they got a name error.

Regards,
Martin