Stopping Execution

[Steve Holden]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> robert.dowell at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> 
>>import sys
>>sys.exit
> 
> 
> $ more test.py
> import sys
> print "should get here"
> sys.exit
> print "should never get here"
> 
> $ python test.py
> should get here
> should never get here
> 
Which is Fredrik's way of telling you you need to *call* sys.exit and 
not just reference it (works in Perl, which assumes you want to call it, 
but in Python "explicit is better than implicit").

$ more test.py
import sys
print "should get here"
sys.exit()
print "should never get here"

$ python test.py
should get here

regards
  Steve
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