[Python-Dev] a quit that actually quits

[Hans Nowak]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

> 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.

Except that on Windows, it's Ctrl-Z.  This can be quite confusing when 
you regularly use Python on both Windows and Unix, and use the wrong key 
combination.  Ctrl-D on Windows does not have the desired result, and 
Ctrl-Z on Unix suspends the process.  (And if you use a GUI version, 
they often have their own rules... on IDLE for Windows, Ctrl-D works but 
Ctrl-Z doesn't; on PyCrust, neither one works.)

Granted, it's not a big problem, but it *is* annoying.  IMHO, it would 
be more useful if you could just type 'exit' or 'quit' (like in many 
other interpreters) and be done with it, rather than having to remember 
the correct key combination.  (A key combination which has nothing to do 
with the Python language per se.)

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Hans Nowak
http://zephyrfalcon.org/