How do you exit python during execution of script?

[H. P. Friedrichs]

Why does this generate an exception?

import sys
try:
    print "normal operation"
    sys.exit()        # I want to leave the script here
except:
    print "something went wrong"
    sys.exit()        # instead, I dump out here...why?

#...script continues here....
#.....
#....
Aahz Maruch wrote:

> In article <37DD64AE.2CCA341 at alliedsignal.com>,
> H. P. Friedrichs <HPeter.Friedrichs at alliedsignal.com> wrote:
> >
> >Is 'exit' an option? If so, how do you use it?
>
> import sys
> sys.exit()
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