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

Taylor Alexander added the comment: Hello all. Curious issue. Thanks Stargirl for opening it. Would it be possible for the __repr__ function to examine the calling commands and determine if the origin is the special case where exit is typed in the REPL? Then only when Quitter repr is called

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

Taylor Alexander added the comment: Makes sense. Thanks for taking a look. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue44603> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list m

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

Taylor Alexander added the comment: Am I correct in thinking that the proposed change only affects the use case where a user types exit in to the REPL and hits return? And that any other case is unaffected? I can only imagine that the majority of users who type exit in to the interpreter