[issue44603] REPL: exit when the user types exit instead of asking them to explicitly type exit()

[Steven D'Aprano]

Steven D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> added the comment:

This is a backwards-incompatible change, at the very least it needs an okay from the core devs (and possibly even a PEP) not just a patch.

Stargirl Flowers suggested:

> we could ask the user to confirm that they want to exit

Please, no, that is the very opposite of a user-friendly change! If I call exit() in the REPL, I want to exit.

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stage: needs patch -> 
versions: +Python 3.11

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