Georg Brandl wrote: > James Stroud wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> Still jubilantly configuring my work environment for python 2.5, I >> came accross a curiosity when writing an automatic vim syntax file >> creator (so I can automatically update my syntax coloring with future >> python releases). >> >> It seems I can find a reference to just about every type except those >> for "exit" and "quit" in the standard library somewhere. E.g.: >> >> py> type(__builtins__.Ellipsis) is types.EllipsisType >> True >> >> However, in an appearant break with consistency, this can not be done >> for "exit" and "quit" because site.Quitter is nested inside of the >> setquit() function in the site.py module. >> >> Would moving this class definition to module level be something that >> would meet with great resistance? > > Not really, but what would you do with it? It's an internal object used > for only exit() and quit(), and of no real use elsewhere. > > Georg
Outside of my type checking against it for syntax coloring, I have no idea. I just get a funny feeling with computers when exceptions to a general pattern come along. But then again, maybe the consistency I perceive for the rest of __builtins__ is more or less illusory. This might have been the point of Fredrik's question. James -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
