[Python-Dev] a quit that actually quits

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Hans Nowak wrote:
> 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.)

If you want to type something consistently across platforms, you can
currently do

>>> raise SystemExit

Regards,
Martin