Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Presumably somebody has suggested that calling sys.exit() was a good
> option. I'm curious to what possible reason they could give for such a
> poor choice.
Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Same here. It's like an automotive engine controls designer
>asking if a failed O2 sensor should turn on the check engine
>light or blow up the car.
Ross Ridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, it's more like asking if the failed sensor should turn on
> a strange and mysterious light on the dashboard
Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You're right. I had forgotten that sys.exit() is actually
>raising the system exit exception, and that the application
>calling the library could handle that exception.
Well, my point was that exceptions in Python are a bit like a car's
check engine light. Few drivers know what this mysterious light means,
and aren't prepared to do anything about it when it goes on.
Ross Ridge
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