[Python-Dev] quit() on the prompt

[Thomas Wouters]

On 3/8/06, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>
> On 3/7/06, Ian Bicking <ianb at colorstudy.com> wrote:
> > class Quitter(object):
> >      def __init__(self, name):
> >          self.name = name
> >      def __repr__(self):
> >          return 'Use %s() to exit' % self.name
> >      def __call__(self):
> >          raise SystemExit()
> > quit = Quitter('quit')
> > exit = Quitter('exit')
>
> +1 from me.  Only change I would make is pass an argument to
> SystemExit() such as "%s() called", although the chances of this
> exception being caught is very slim.


Raising SystemExit("quit() called") has an additional benefit (although the
wording could use some work):

>>> raise SystemExit("quit() called")
quit() called

(At least, I consider that a benefit :-)
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Thomas Wouters <thomas at python.org>

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