Having a builtin exit function in python interpreter

[zammon at libero.it]

> Hi,
>
> I don't know if this is the right mailing list to send this message,
> anyway, I'm having the following problem and maybe I'm not the only one.
> I think this interest every else programming with curses or slang.
> As you know these libraries change the terminal to the raw mode,
> and if your program aborts before it restores the terminal mode,
> the EOF character is changed.
> Take a look...
>
> Python 2.0 (#3, Nov  3 2000, 13:02:11)
> [GCC 2.95.2 20000220 (Debian GNU/Linux)] on linux2
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> quit
> 'Use Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.'
> >>> ^D
> File "<stdin>", line 1
>    ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >>> exit
> 'Use Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.'
> >>> import sys
> >>> sys.exit(0)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> How to solve this problem:
>
>
> Why not to print the way to exit from python in like this...
>
> Python 2.0 (#3, Nov  3 2000, 13:02:11)
> [GCC 2.95.2 20000220 (Debian GNU/Linux)] on linux2
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> Type quit() or  Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.
>
> and  modify site.py like this...
>
> # Define new built-ins 'quit' and 'exit'.
> # These are simply strings that display a hint on how to exit.
> #if os.sep == ':':
> #    exit = 'Use Cmd-Q to exit.'
> #elif os.sep == '\\':
> #   exit = 'Use Ctrl-Z plus Return to exit.'
> #else:
> #    exit = 'Use Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.'
> import __builtin__
> __builtin__.exit = __builtin__.quit = sys.exit
> #del exit
>
> I think it whould be very useful to have a builtin function quit() or 
> exit() to avoid to import the sys module to exit from python.
> site.py already imports sys module, why I have to import it again?
> I modified site.py in my system. What about to have this modify in the 
> official release?
>
> Best regards
> Jose Soares
>