On 2008-09-24, Ross Ridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
>
> No, it's more like asking if the failed sensor should turn on
> a strange and mysterious light on the dashboard
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.
> and then blow up the car if the driver doesn't immediately
> stop and check the engine. The owners manual would only
> vaguely hint at the fact that this could happen.
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