Greg Ewing wrote: > Paul Moore wrote: >> I'd rather argparse (or any library function) >> didn't call sys.exit on my behalf - it should raise an exception. > > Actually, sys.exit() *does* raise an exception (i.e. > SystemExit) that you can catch if you want.
I was going to mention that. Between catching SystemExit, the '-i' switch to the interpeter and the PYTHONINSPECT environment variable, investigating applications that call sys.exit isn't *that* difficult. It's a far cry from the instant exits of a C level abort call. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
