On Jun 17, 1:33 pm, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > Brendan wrote: > > What is the difference on exit() and sys.exit() when called in the > > main body of a script? From the command line they seem to have the > > same effect. > > In Python <=2.4 you had to use sys.exit() because > __builtins__.exit() griped: > > tch...@asgix:~$ python2.4 > Python 2.4.4 (#2, Apr 15 2008, 23:43:20) > [GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more > information. > >>> type(exit) > <type 'str'> > >>> exit() > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > TypeError: 'str' object is not callable > > In 2.5, it's an instance of site.Quitter which is callable, > allowing it to behave like sys.exit() (from my observations, > __builtins__.exit() and sys.exit() behave the same). > > I tend to use sys.exit() because I've still got code running on > machines mired at 2.4 > > -tkc
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