[Python-Dev] quit() on the prompt

[Guido van Rossum]

On 3/7/06, Thomas Wouters <thomas at python.org> wrote:
> +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 :-)

Bad idea, as several pointed out -- quit() should return a 0 exit to the shell.

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