exit a program gracefully

[Chris Rebert]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:02 PM,  <Robert.T.Lynch at seagate.com> wrote:
>
> In a python program I ask if the user wants to continue.  If they answer
> 'no', what options do I have to halt execution?  I can put the rest of the
> code inside an "if bContinue:" block, but that seems awkward.  I have looked
> at raising an exception, and perhaps this is the preferred method, but it
> seems daunting to my non-OOP eyes.  Thanks -- Rob

There's the C-like:
from sys import exit
exit(return_code)

Or if you prefer exceptions, the standard way is:
raise SystemExit

Cheers,
Chris
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