On Feb 25, 9:43 am, Stuart Halloway <stuart.hallo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all. A bit new to clojure here. Anyway I found it a bit > > difficult to exit from a REPL. > > Would a patch to make it give instructions (like Python's > > > C:\>c:\installs\Python26\python.exe > >>>> exit > > Use exit() or Ctrl-Z plus Return to exit > > > ) > > > like that have a chance to be accepted? > > Hi Roger, > > Thanks for asking--it is always good to start on the mailing list before > going to the trouble of making a patch. A REPL exit patch would not be > accepted, for the following reasons: > > (1) The problem, and its solution, are far from clear and compelling. > Python's approach to this is not universally hailed as a good one.
I believe the "problem" in this case is that typically, one types exit to exit a shell (bash, ruby, python [warns you that this doesn't work]). This is quite convenient for newcomers (and no other shell that I'm aware of, in windows, requires a ctrl+d or ctrl+z to exit). Cheers! -r -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
