how do I exit gracefully?
Thomas A. Bryan
tbryan at python.com
Sat Oct 28 23:21:39 EDT 2000
Andrew Dalke wrote:
>
> Thomas A. Bryan wrote:
> >sys.exit() should exit the program, not raise an exception.
>
> That is not correct.
>
> >>>> raise ValueError
> >Traceback (innermost last):
> > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> >ValueError
> >>>> import sys
> >>>> sys.exit(0)
> >$
>
> All that example proves is that the top-level handler doesn't catch the
> SystemExit exception. Consider
Wow! Thanks. Perhaps I'll check the docs next time before I post.
blushing-and-digging-out-a-dusty-copy-of-the-docs-ly yours
---Tom
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