[Tutor] TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

Alan Gauld alan.gauld at blueyonder.co.uk
Sun Sep 7 23:38:09 EDT 2003


> > >>Or better still raise the SystemExit exception which
automatically
>
>  From what I read in the Python in a Nutshell book, calling
sys.exit() does
> raise the SystemExit exception

Absolutely, but raising it directly saves the need to import sys and
particularly within a try/except clause is the natural paradigm to
use.

Using os._exit() on the other hand is like pulling the ejector
seat to land a plane. There's no clean up you just get out as fast
as possible.

Alan G.




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