imaplib: is this really so unwieldy?
Grant Edwards
grant.b.edwards at gmail.com
Wed May 26 02:02:37 EDT 2021
On 2021-05-25, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 May 2021 19:21:39 +0200, hw <hw at adminart.net> declaimed the
> following:
>
>
>>
>>Oh ok, it seemed to be fine. Would it be the right way to do it with
>>sys.exit()? Having to import another library just to end a program
>>might not be ideal.
>
> I've never had to use sys. for exit...
>
> C:\Users\Wulfraed>python
> Python ActivePython 3.8.2 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
> on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> exit()
>
> C:\Users\Wulfraed>python
According to the docs (and various other sources), the global variable
"exit" is provided by the site module and is only for use at the
interactive prompt -- it should not be used in programs.
https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#exit
I get the impression that real programs should not assume that the
site module has been pre-loaded during startup.
--
Grant
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